Peter Smythe:
How come you have to be qualified and registered to teach on a Punto but not on a 44 tonner??
Easy answer - Those trainees doing LGV are already drivers who, supposedly, have road sense, whereas those doing cars are not.
That is why to be a registered DSA ADI for car instructing has a proper training, testing & checking regime that actually has an examiner in the car with the instructor and the trainee.
The LGV DSA registered instructor does not follow the same training, testing etc and I have never known an examiner check a LGV instructor when they are teaching an actual trainee which is the only true way to check - role play is not the same.
This is why I, and many others do not believe in the LGV DSA registration process.
If there was a recognised training course which led to a recognised qualification which was realistically tested then that would make sense.
The LGV examiners when doing their job, occasionally have a spot check done on them by their bossess whilst conducting an actual test.