West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on:
7-8 September 2024, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $225.00 + GST = $236.25 / person.
Click here or see below on this page for a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C.
To sign up or to get more information, call/text West Coast Driver Training at 250-732-8093 or by email at mark@westcoastdrivertraining.com or erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com.
On the second day of the course we typically finish by 1 p.m. or 2 p.m.
Come to the back door of the building and down the stairs. Bring a pen to take notes. A Course Manual will be provided. Bring a lunch if you wish. There will be a one hour lunch break in case you need to drive somewhere to get lunch.
Erica Winter M.Ed. is the new Office Manager and Director of Education for West Coast Driver Training. She will be handing all the lesson scheduling and course development. (photo: West Coast Driver Training]
West Coast Driver Training is very pleased to welcome Erica Winter as its new Office Manager and Director of Education.
Erica will now be handing all of our lesson scheduling, thus allowing Mark Anderson, our Chief Instructor, to concentrate on teaching clients.
Erica also has a M. Ed. degree and will be developing our Graduated Licensing Program and our Driving Instructor Training Course for ICBC approval. We hope to have these new courses approved by ICBC this year.
Erica can be contacted by email at erica@WestCoastDriverTraining.com. We have just ordered a new iPhone for her so Erica will soon have a new corporate phone number allowing clients to contact her directly to book lessons.
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We have heard that Air Brake Courses in Victoria are fully booked until the end of August 2024 so West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on:
3-4 August 2024, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $225.00 + GST = $236.25 / person.
Click here or see below on this page for a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C.
To sign up or to get more information, call/text West Coast Driver Training at 250-732-8093 or by email at mark@westcoastdrivertraining.com or erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com.
On the second day of the course we typically finish by 1 p.m.
Come to the back door of the building and down the stairs. Bring a pen to take notes. A Course Manual will be provided. Bring a lunch if you wish. There will be a one hour lunch break in case you need to drive somewhere to get lunch.
We have heard that Air Brake Courses in Victoria are fully booked until the end of July 2024 so West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on:
6-7 July 2024, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $225.00 + GST = $236.25 / person.
Click here or see below on this page for a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C.
To sign up or to get more information, call/text West Coast Driver Training at 250-732-8093 or by email at mark@westcoastdrivertraining.com.
On the second day of the course we typically finish by 1 p.m.
Come to the side door of the building. Bring a pen to take notes. A Course Manual will be provided. Bring a lunch if you wish. There will be a one hour lunch break in case you need to drive somewhere to get lunch.
We have heard that Air Brake Courses in Victoria are fully booked until the end of June 2024 so West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on:
1-2 June 2024, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $225.00 + GST = $236.25 / person.
Click here or see below on this page for a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C.
To sign up or to get more information, call/text West Coast Driver Training at 250-732-8093 or by email at mark@westcoastdrivertraining.com.
On the second day of the course we typically finish by 1 p.m.
Come to the side door of the building. Bring a pen to take notes. A Course Manual will be provided. Bring a lunch if you wish. There will be a one hour lunch break in case you need to drive somewhere to get lunch.
West Coast Driver Training has maintained its current lesson prices since 2020 but, unfortunately, due to rising fuel and insurance prices, along with rising prices generally over the few years, West Coast Driver Training will be raising its Class 5 and Class 7 lesson prices on 15 April 2024.
Over the last four years we have made every effort to avoid raising our lesson prices but, unfortunately, we see no alternative to raising our lesson prices.
Most other Driving Schools in Victoria, Nanaimo and the Cowichan Valley have already raised their prices and charge higher lesson prices than we do. For comparison purposes, here are the current lesson prices for selected Driving Schools in Victoria, Nanaimo and the Cowichan Valley, listed in descending order of prices – highest prices at the top of each list and then in descending order of pricing:
Cowichan Valley
The Confident Driver – 90 minute lesson – $200.00 ; Road Test Package – $309.52
Isle Drive Driving School – 90 minute lesson – $161.90 ; Road Test Package – $209.50
Summit Driving Academy – 90 minute lesson – $160.00 ; Road Test Package – $200.00
Safe Harbours Driving School – 90 minute lesson – $150.00 ; Road Test Package – $200.00
CV Driving Academy – 90 minute lesson – $150.00 ; Road Test Package – $190.00
Changing Lanes Driver’s Education – 90 minute lesson – $145.00 ; Road Test Package – $200.00 West Coast Driver Training – 90 minute lesson – $130.00 ; Road Test Package – $135.00
1st Choice Driving Academy – 90 minute lesson – $120.00 ; Road Test Package – $185.00
Nanaimo
DriveWise – 90 minute lesson – $160.00 ; Road Test Package – $150.00
Changing Lanes Driver’s Education – 90 minute lesson – $145.00 ; Road Test Package – $200.00
Vancouver Island Driving School – 90 minute lesson – $135.00 ; Road Test Package – $175.00 West Coast Driver Training – 90 minute lesson – $130.00 ; Road Test Package – $135.00
All Gears Driving School – 90 minute lesson – $120.00 ; Road Test Package – $140.00
Streetwise Driving School – 90 minute lesson – $90.00 ; Road Test Package – $150.00
Victoria
Joan Wallace Driving School – – 90 minute lesson – $187.50 ;
DriveWise – 90 minute lesson – $160.00 ; Road Test Package – $150.00
Changing Lanes Driver’s Education – 90 minute lesson – $145.00 ; Road Test Package – $200.00 West Coast Driver Training – 90 minute lesson – $130.00 ; Road Test Package – $135.00
So on 15 April 2024, West Coast Driver Training will be increasing its Class 5 and Class 7 lesson prices from $130.00 (before GST) for a 90 minute lesson to $145.00 (before GST) for for a 90 minute lesson.
If you are thinking of booking driving lessons, please do so before 15 April 2024 to ensure getting our current pricing.
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We have heard that Air Brake Courses in Victoria are fully booked until the end of May 2024 so West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on:
4-5 May 2024, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $225.00 + GST = $236.25 / person.
Click here or see below on this page for a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C.
To sign up or to get more information, call/text West Coast Driver Training at 250-732-8093 or by email at mark@westcoastdrivertraining.com.
On the second day of the course we typically finish by 1 p.m.
Come to the side door of the building. Bring a pen to take notes. A Course Manual will be provided. Bring a lunch if you wish. There will be a one hour lunch break in case you need to drive somewhere to get lunch.
Lorne Bunyan, who used to own and operate Cornerstone Driving School on Salt Spring Island, will now be teaching for West Coast Driver Training on Salt Spring Island.
Lorne Bunyan well known on Salt Spring Island. He is licensed by ICBC to teach Class 2, 4, 5 and 7.
Lorne Bunyan will be arranging his own teaching schedule and he can be contacted by phone or text at (250)732-4735. Lorne can also be contacted by email at lorne@westcoastdrivertraining.com.
West Coast Driver Training has put its 2018 Toyota Corolla on Salt Spring Island for Lorne Bunyan to use in providing driving lessons for Salt Spring Island clients.
Our 2018 Toyota Corolla in front of the Third Wave Coffee Company near the Crofton ferry (photo: West Coast Driver Training)
Our plan is that Lorne Bunyan can offer introductory driving lessons to new drivers on Salt Spring Island and then Mark Anderson, the owner and Chief Instructor of West Coast Driver Training, can offer subsequent lessons for Salt Spring Island clients in Duncan or Nanaimo, where they will encounter traffic lights and other road conditions not found on Salt Spring Island.
We typically meet Salt Spring Island clients at the BC Ferries terminal in Crofton.
We can pick up clients at the Crofton Ferry and drop them at the Crofton Ferry afterwards. But with the travel time between the Crofton Ferry and Duncan we recommend that Salt Spring Island clients consider doing 2 hour, 2.5 hour or 3 hour lessons rather than our usual 90 minute lessons.
Our lessons are typically 90 minutes. With a 90 minute lesson starting in Crofton, a significant portion of the lesson time is consumed by travel time between the Crofton Ferry and Duncan and back again. A longer lesson time gives the student driver more time in Duncan doing traffic lights and other driving conditions not encountered on Salt Spring Island. We can provide pricing on lessons that are longer than our standard 90 minute lessons.
As one example, a 2.5 hour lesson between 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., between the 8:40 am arrival in Crofton and the 11:25 a.m. departure from Crofton, would be $241.66 plus GST, or $253.75. This 8:45 am arrival at Crofton currently seems to be the most popular time for Salt Spring Island clients.
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We have heard that Air Brake Courses in Victoria and Nanaimo are fully booked until the end of April 2024 so West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on:
6-7 April 2024, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $225.00 + GST = $236.25 / person.
Click here or see below on this page for a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C.
To sign up or to get more information, call/text West Coast Driver Training at 250-732-8093 or by email at mark@westcoastdrivertraining.com.
On the second day of the course we typically finish by 1 p.m.
Come to the side door of the building. Bring a pen to take notes. A Course Manual will be provided. Bring a lunch if you wish. There will be a one hour lunch break in case you need to drive somewhere to get lunch.
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