CV - John Ziersch (Zipper)

John is a member of ADTA (ltd) NSW
Qualifications: Certificate IV in Driving Instruction
Certificate IV Workplace Trainer / Assessor Category 2
Registered practical & theory provider DTAL Instructor with the DTAL program (RDI No.146)
Drivers Licence: Northern Territory Licence No. 27052
Class: HC, R (Heavy combination - semi trailer) (Motorcycle rider, unrestricted)
Endorsement: d (driving instructor)
Background: Zipper (as John is more commonly known) has been an NT resident since 1972, starting as a Technical Officer with Telecom Australia in Tennant Creek, then transferring to Jabiru as the technical depot's OIC, and finally moving to Darwin's 24-hour control centre.
He left Telecom in 1990 to start a career in computer science, but stepped straight into Prime Minister Paul Keating's "recession Australia had to have".
Employment was scarce in the depression years, and even having qualifications was no guarantee you'd have a reasonable chance of getting a job, especially in the IT industry.
In desperation, after working as a motorcycle salesman and as a bank courier, he finally saw the light and became a driving instructor - and wishes he had done it much earlier.

Zipper has been involved with providing driver training programs since 1995.
He has delivered a wide variety of training packages throughout the Northern Territory, including ESL students, the theory component of DTAL, heavy vehicles truck/bus tuition, endorsing Certificate III (driving instruction), assisting with training to Certificate IV and developing training materials relevant to the provision of the DTAL program.

In 2002 Zipper started his own business operating in association with Connies Driving School.
As well as providing the practical components of the DTAL program, Zipper provides the theory component at several Territory schools.
Summary: 14 years experience in the Driver Training Industry in the Northern Territory and South Australia includes:
  • Competency Based Training manual/auto car, LR to HC heavy vehicle (for Registered Training Organisations & DTAL program).

  • Competency Based Assessing manual/auto car, LR to HC heavy vehicle (for Registered Training Organisations & DTAL program).

  • CBT&A-based log book training & assessing manual/auto car for the N.T. Driver Training & Licensing program (DTAL).

  • Assessing taxi driver applicants for Registered Training Organisations

  • Classroom training for adults, adolescents, English-second-language groups, and remote indigenous communities for cars (private & DTAL program students) & heavy vehicle licences.

  • Developing session plans for driver education & training (all vehicle classes).

  • Designing, developing & constructing training aids to suit particular student groups & localities (road models, PowerPoint presentations, OHP transparencies, in-car training diagrams, classroom hand-outs).

  • Designing, developing & constructing assessment tools to suit particular student groups & localities (road models, PowerPoint presentations, practical assessment documents, written & oral assessments).

  • Conduct accredited Driving Instructor training courses (for Registered Training Organisation).
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