How profitable is a Driving School business? In this article, we share with you how you can give driving lessons and pieces of training and get paid for it.
Do you have superior driving skills, extensive driving experience, and you are passionate about transferring this skill to others, while you make some money? Then you can start driving school in Nigeria.
Every year, people buy automobiles to ease their movement. Almost everyone asked knows how to drive in their heads.
Only a few agreed they will need someone to show them how to drive. Whichever way, knowing how to drive in the head is not enough.
Requirement for starting a Driving School in Nigeria
1. Get Trained
You have to get some training especially on driving in other to know the dos and don’t. Driving is a skillful thing and you can’t impact what you don’t have. It is one thing to have knowledge of a thing but can you pass it on to others? Ability to communicate is very necessary.
There are places– you can get trained as a driving instructor example is AA company in Nigeria. Before FRSC will certify your driving school you must prove you are a trained instructor.
2. Register your school
You have to register your driving school just as you will register any other business. Choose a business name that is appealing and approach CAC for the registration of the name. Make sure you get approval from Federal Road Safety. Commission, read down to see how to obtain certification from FRSC. You have to also get approval from the State Government where you setup your school because some states have their regulation on driving academy operation and issuance of license as well. After approval you can then pay a fee for the registration of your diving institution.
3.Secure Good Location
Look for a very good location where you know the people around that environment are potential patronizers.
If you get a location where low-income earners are the majority you already know what the outcome will be. Apart from your office location, you have to identify other places to keep sign post for direction to your office.
If you have many cars position your branded car in strategic locations and pay someone to stay and register interested persons.
4. Purchase vehicle
Purchase vehicles that are strong, durable and are good for Nigerian roads. You need both manual and automatic vehicles for the training.
However, you can start with what you have for the meantime. Buy both automatic and manual operating vehicles but if you have limited funds go for manual.
Someone who have undergone training in manual driving can as well drive automatic easily.
Some cars are made for Nigerian roads. I will advise you go for such vehicle instead of fancy cars, Rugged vehicles are good for driving schools.
5. Advertise your driving school business
The next thing to do is to advertise your driving school business don’t assume people will find you anyhow, use all available medium, including and especially social media.
You can create an app if you have the means. Check out how Aso driving school is all over the internet.
6. Make your Driving School Flexible
Some people have tight schedule and may not have time within the week to come for the training. It will be in your best interest to draw a flexible driving plan.
A standard driving school offers 3 different packages which are; Beginner class., Advanced and Refresher
Refresher class
Some people get trained by friends or family members on how to drive and because they need driving license will come to driving institution in other to get certificate to present to FRSC. And also others who used to drive before and only stopped for a while but want to refresh their minds. The cost for this is N15,000 and driving is for few days.
Advance class
It is for those who know the basics of driving but wants to increase proficiency.
In this age and time where people learn things from the internet, it will be a good thing to engage on ground practical.
Beginner’s class
This set of students are those who have never driven before, freshers that wants to learn from the scratch. The duration for training depends on the driving school but the least is 2 weeks (14 days).
How to get Certified by FRSC for your Driving School
Every driving school in Nigeria and all over the world are required by law to register and get certified by authorities.
This is to ensure uniformity, understanding and adopting to the ethics of driving in Nigeria. You have to get approval from Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) before you can set up a driving academy.
For you to get the certification you have not meet up with the requirement. Below are the materials needed in a driving academy.
Materials needed for certification
Administrative office/classroom
Vehicle that is roadworthy for training
Instructors
Manual
Traffic laws and regulations
High way code
First aid facilities
Road sign models
Driving range
Fire extinguishers
Visual/audio instructional aids
FRSC will come to inspect and assess your driving academy after filling and submitting your form. Once you meet the criteria, approval and certificate will be given.to you.
Cost of starting a driving School
The cost of setting up a driving school in Nigeria depends on what you are considering. For example, the number of cars to start with.
If you already have a car, you will need an office, employ staff (drivers, admin etc.)
Is Owning a driving School Profitable?
The answer is yes, driving school business is profitable but it will also depend on your location and ompetition.
If your driving school is in a very competitive environment were patronizers are less you may not make much money. But if it is situated in a place with high patronizers, you will be smiling to the bank.
Apart from the charges for the training, put in place sale handout as guide for minimal price (#2,000)
Include the selling of ‘L’ sign (#1,000) for a pair, registration fee #500, give a certificate after completing training, (#3,000), also help in acquiring license from FRSC for a fee.
To get driver’s license all new applicants are expected to compulsorily attend driving academy before it can be given to them.
Apart from obtaining driver’s license many people just want to have the knowledge of driving, these make driving business very profitable
Conclusion
Driving school business is profitable if you know how to run it successfully. Don’t watch your car lay waste, use it for something profitable.
