This award is at SCQF level 4.

The aim of the Safe Road User Award is to build positive attitudes to road use and to help young people take responsibility for using the roads safely. Young people who become proficient road users at an early stage will be able to carry these attitudes and behaviours throughout life.

Being a safe and proficient road user is a significant life skill which this award will contribute to developing.

Candidates who successfully complete the Safe Road User Award will be eligible to sit an abridged version of the DVSA Driver Theory Test. The personal skills and awareness which this course seeks to engender will make school leavers more attractive to employers.

The Award has been endorsed by the following Sector Skills Councils: GoSkills and Skills for Logistics. The course was also developed in collaboration with the DVSA (Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency).

There are two broad topic areas:

Developing Positive Road User Attitude

We examine attitudes, perceptions and ideas of responsibility when using the roads as pedestrians, cyclists, motorists or even horse riders. We study how our behaviour influences others and look at how our senses can fool us.

Understanding How to Use the Roads

Here we look at the rules of the road as outlined in the Highway Code. We look at road signs, road layouts and discuss hazards from the perspectives of different types of road users.

At Calderhead we are in partnership with Onboard Training, the only driving training centre accredited by the SQA. OnBoard provide an exciting input into the course which will include practical off road driving! This will help reinforce classroom knowledge by giving pupils a driver’s perspective of many of the day to day road safety issues which they can even relate to their own school journey.