Becoming a Cycle Trainer

And a helmet; I think many if not most schools now ask Trainers to wear helmets?

Not the case Will.

Some Local authorites (not the majority) require the young people in schools to wear helmets as do a few schools and very few LAs require instructors to wear them.

The National Standard position on helmets is that of choice. The belief is that training someone is effective at minimising the risk of a crash, and that it is riskier to refuse to train someone because they don't have a helmet. Instruvtors do need to find out what a young person's parents or guardians choice is and enforce their choice.

(In fact National Standard cycle training exists to promote cycling. Any activity that requires personal protective equipment could be construed as dangerous therefore helmet wearing makes it look as if cycling is dangerous and scary and may put people off cycling)

As an instructor you will learn how to fit a helmet correctly (it is amazing how many helmet wearers don't know how fit their helmet and ride with an ill-fitted helmet which is riskier than no helmet)

As an instructor you are only required to wear a helmet if you work for a scheme which requires this.