Mark Anderson

Our Prices For Class 5 And Class 7 Lessons Will Be Increasing On 1 March 2026

Posted on January 25, 2026 By Mark Anderson

On 1 March 2026, West Coast Driver Training will be increasing its prices for Class 5 and Class 7 lessons from $160.00 for a 90 minute lesson to $180.00 for a 90 minute lesson.

Note that we will still be offering discounts for multiple Class 5 and Class 7 lessons.

This increase is the result of rising costs and it brings our pricing in line with the majority of Driving Schools in Nanaimo and the Cowichan Valley. These rates are still very competitive in comparison with leading Driving Schools in Greater Victoria, including the leading Greater Victoria driving schools which have recently started operations in the Cowichan Valley.

Our new prices for Class 5 and Class 7 lessons, effective 1 March 2026, will be as follows:

One (1) 90 minute lesson – $180.00 + GST (currently $189.00)
Two (2) 90 minute lessons – $350.00 + GST (currently $367.50)
Three (3) 90 minute lessons – $510.00 + GST (currently $535.50)
Four (4) 90 minute lessons – $680.00 + GST (currently $714.00)
Five (5) 90 minute lessons – $850.00 + GST (currently $892.50)
Six (6) 90 minute lessons – $1020.00 + GST (currently $1071.00)
Seven (7) 90 minute lessons – $1190.00 + GST (currently $1249.50)
Eight (8) 90 minute lessons – $1360.00 + GST (currently $1428.00)
Nine (9) 90 minute lessons – $1530.00 + GST (currently $1606.50)
Ten (10) 90 minutes lessons – $1700.00 + GST (currently $1785.00)

Our prices for two hour Class 5 and Class 7 Road Test packages will be increasing from the current $200.00 plus GST to $225.00 plus GST (currently $236.25)

Clients booking lessons before 1 March 2026 will still get our current rates.

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West Coast Driver Training Will Be Offering An Air Brakes Course In Nanaimo On 14-15 February 2026

Posted on January 5, 2026 By Mark Anderson

Due to demand West Coast Driver Training will be offering a second Air Brakes Course in February in Nanaimo on 14-15 February 2026. This in addition to the Air Brakes Course we already have scheduled in Nanaimo on 7-8 February 2026. This Air Brakes Course will be held at:

14-15 February 2026, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $250.00 + GST = $262.50 / 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, email erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com or fill in our registration form.
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. There is plenty of parking available.

Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. We rent this venue for Air Brakes Courses in Nanaimo.

Here is a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

Here is a Google Street View image of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

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West Coast Driver Training Will Be Offering An Air Brakes Course In Nanaimo On 7-8 March 2026

Posted on December 20, 2025 By Mark Anderson

West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on 7-8 March 2026. This Air Brakes Course will be held at:

7-8 March 2026, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $250.00 + GST = $262.50 / 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, email erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com or fill in our registration form.
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. There is plenty of parking available.

Here is a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

Here is a Google Street View image of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

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West Coast Driver Training Will Be Offering An Air Brakes Course In Nanaimo On 7-8 February 2026

Posted on November 10, 2025January 7, 2026 By Mark Anderson

THIS COURSE IS NOW FULLY ENROLLED

WE WILL BE RUNNING OTHER AIR BRAKES COURSES ON 14-15 FEBRUARY 2026 AND 7-8 MARCH 2026.

West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on 7-8 February 2026. This Air Brakes Course will be held at:

7-8 February 2026, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $250.00 + GST = $262.50 / 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, email erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com or fill in our registration form.
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. There is plenty of parking available.

Here is a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

Here is a Google Street View image of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

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West Coast Driver Training And The Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department Will Be Offering An Air Brakes Course On 13-14 December 2025

Posted on October 22, 2025October 23, 2025 By Mark Anderson

Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department, 730 Church Street, Gabriola Island, BC

West Coast Driver Training and the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department will be offering an Air Brakes Course on Gabriola Island on:

13-14 December 2025, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department, 730 Church Street, Gabriola Island, B.C.
The Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department has asked us to run this Air Brakes Course for some of its firefighters but has kindly opened up its training facilities for anyone else wanting to take this Air Brakes course.
Cost is $250.00 + GST = $262.50 / person.
Click here for a map showing the location of the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department, 730 Church Street, Gabriola Island, B.C.
To sign up or to get more information, email erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com or fill in our registration form.
Here is a link to the BC Ferries schedule from Nanaimo to Gabriola Island

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West Coast Driver Training Will Be Offering An Air Brakes Course In Nanaimo On 3-4 January 2026

Posted on October 17, 2025December 20, 2025 By Mark Anderson

THIS COURSE IS NOW FULLY ENROLLED

WE WILL BE RUNNING OTHER AIR BRAKES COURSES ON 7-8 FEBRUARY 2026 AND 7-8 MARCH 2026.

West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on 3-4 January 2026. This Air Brakes Course will be held at:

3-4 January 2026, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $250.00 + GST = $262.50 / 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, email erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com or fill in our registration form.
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. There is plenty of parking available.

Here is a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

Here is a Google Street View image of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

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Our Instructor Sean Potorti Will Now Only Be Teaching On Weekends

Posted on September 19, 2025November 23, 2025 By Mark Anderson

UPDATE TO POST – 22 NOVEMBER 2025

Unfortunately Sean has found it difficult to maintain a work/life balance while doing his full time job at BC Transit and working part time with us as a Driving Instructor on weekends. So he will stop teaching for us in January 2026. We wish Sean all the best and we will welcome him back if and when he wants to resume teaching for us.

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Sean Potorti joined us in March 2025 as a Class 5 and 7 Driving Instructor and has been an excellent addition to our company. He is very popular with his students and fits in really well with our company.

But Sean also works as a bus driver with BC Transit in Cowichan Valley and, now that the months long BC Transit/Cowichan Valley strike has ended through arbitration, Sean will be going back to his full time job as a driver at BC Transit.

Fortunately Sean will still be teaching Class 5 and Class 7 for West Coast Driver Training on weekends. If you would to book Class 5 or Class 7 lessons with Sean, please fill in our Book Lessons With West Coast Driver Training form which you will find in the main menu at the top of this page.

Sean Potorti is a fully licensed Class 5/7 Driving Instructor who will start working part time for West Coast Driver Training and Coastal Pathways Driver Training in March 2025 [photo: West Coast Driver Training] — Sean Potorti is a fully licensed Class 5/7 Driving Instructor who started working part time for West Coast Driver Training and Coastal Pathways Driver Training in March 2025 [photo: West Coast Driver Training]

West Coast Driver Training Will Be Offering An Air Brakes Course In Nanaimo On 6-7 December 2025

Posted on August 29, 2025November 10, 2025 By Mark Anderson

THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL

LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO ON A “NO SHOW” LIST IN CASE SOMEONE CANCELS OR DOESN’T SHOW UP ON 6 DECEMBER 2025.

WE ARE RUNNING OTHER AIR BRAKES COURSES ON 13-14 DECEMBER 2025 AND ON 3-4 JANUARY.

West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on 6-7 December 2025. This Air Brakes Course will be held at:

6-7 December 2025, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $250.00 + GST = $262.50 / 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, email erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com or fill in our registration form.
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. There is plenty of parking available.

Here is a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

Here is a Google Street View image of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

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West Coast Driver Training Will Be Offering An Air Brakes Course In Nanaimo On 8-9 November 2025

Posted on August 29, 2025October 17, 2025 By Mark Anderson

THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL

LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO ON A “NO SHOW” LIST

IN CASE SOMEONE CANCELS OR DOESN’T SHOW UP ON 8 NOVEMBER 2025.

WE ARE RUNNING ANOTHER AIR BRAKES COURSE ON 6-7 DECEMBER 2025.

West Coast Driver Training will be offering an Air Brakes Course in Nanaimo on 8-9 November 2025. This Air Brakes Course will be held at:

8-9 November 2025, 9 am to 5 pm, at the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue, Nanaimo, B.C. Cost is $250.00 + GST = $262.50 / 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, email erica@westcoastdrivertraining.com or fill in our registration form.
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. There is plenty of parking available.

Here is a map showing the location of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

Here is a Google Street View image of the Morpeth Masonic Hall, 620 Morpeth Avenue in Nanaimo:

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We Offer Class 3 Training On Clients’ Trucks

Posted on August 24, 2025November 23, 2025 By Mark Anderson

West Coast Driver Training also offers Class 3 training on clients’ trucks or trucks owned by clients’ employers. We offer training on both manual and automatic transmissions using clients’ trucks. Please contact us for rates on Class 3 training or your truck(s) or trucks owned by your employer.

Author: Mark Anderson