Have driving instructor training centers recognized
If you want to train driving instructors, you need official recognition of your company as a driving instructor training center.
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Basic information
If you want to train people who want to become driving instructors (driving instructor candidates) or have them trained in a driving instructor training center, you need official recognition of your company.
Recognition is granted upon application for training to obtain a driving instructor license for individual or all classes.
Requirements
- There are no facts that make the owner or the manager responsible for running a driving instructor training center appear unreliable.
- The driving instructor training center has a responsible manager who is able to supervise the lessons competently and ensures that the necessary knowledge and skills are imparted.
- The driving instructor training center shall have a sufficient number of instructors at its disposal who are capable of imparting the necessary knowledge and skills to the driving instructor candidates within their area of responsibility.
- The driving instructor training center has the required classroom and the necessary teaching materials and vehicles at its disposal.
- An appropriate training plan shall be submitted. Subsequent changes to the training plan require the approval of the licensing authority.
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Procedure
- You can submit the informal application in person, in writing by post or by e-mail.
- If all application documents are complete, recognition will be granted in writing by post or in person on collection.
More information
The owner of the officially recognized driving instructor training centre must immediately notify the licensing authority of
- the opening, relocation, closure or closure of the driving instructor training center,
- the appointment and dismissal of a responsible manager of the driving instructor training center,
- changes in the teaching staff
- the notification of the appointment of an instructor must be accompanied by documents proving suitability,
- the relocation, expansion or downsizing of the classrooms.
- In the case of legal entities or associations without legal capacity as owners of the officially recognized driving instructor training centre, the appointment or resignation of persons who are appointed to represent them in accordance with the law or the articles of association must be notified.
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Necessary Documents
- Application with the name and address of the driving instructor training center
- Documents proving the suitability of the responsible manager
- Declaration of what other professional obligations the proposed responsible manager has to fulfill
- List of teachers and documents to prove the suitability of teachers
- Scaled plan of the classrooms with details of their equipment
- Declaration that the prescribed teaching materials are available
- List of the number and type of training vehicles
- Training plan and certificate of good conduct for submission to the licensing authority
- (document type 0) for the applicant and the designated responsible manager
- The application of a legal entity must also include:
- a certified excerpt from the commercial register or register of associations
- or, in the case of an association without legal capacity, documents on the power of representation of the persons acting on its behalf.
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Competent Department
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Die Senatorin für Bau, Mobilität und Stadtentwicklung | Referat 43 Verkehrs- und Straßenrecht
- +49 421 361 0
- Contrescarpe 72, 28195 Bremen
- Website
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@bau. bremen. de
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Fees / Costs
358,00 EUR
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Deadlines & processing time
What deadlines must be paid attention to?
unlimited.
How long does it take to process
1 month bis 3 months
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Legal Bases
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More Information
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The official information in German is complete and correct. 26.03.2026