As trainees, we were given Part 3 visual aids and training notes by the various companies we trained with. Since then, we've seen many, many other visual and training aids. Some of them awful - some of them ok.

Unfortunately, many trainees don't realise how important a clear visual is when teaching - using over complicated and messy visuals creates messy briefings, confusion and extra pressure. In reference to DSA Exmainers, it can also lead to difficult questions on the Part 3 test.

We designed our own aids to help us pass the Part 3 Test and received so much good feedback that in 2005 we decided to form DITA (Driving Instructor Teaching Aids) with the aim of producing clear, concise and easy to understand teaching aids for the UK driving instructor industry that can be used for training and then, once qualified, to teach learners in the real world.

To do this, the visuals need to be clear and concise enough to get the subject across easily. We want Trainees to remember a briefing by simply looking at the visuals - so they tell the story, as it were. We've worked alongside professional graphic designers to do this.

Our links with Instructor Trainers has meant we've been able to use feedback from trainees studying for their Part 3 test to help hone our training aids even further. It was through this feedback that we added the Help Notes / Lesson Plans for trainees on ADI Part 3 Training and taking the Part 3 test.

We also give our products to DSA examiners for feedback and are really pleased with how positive it has been. We've been told more than once by different examiners (who see all types of teaching aids while testing PDIs) that ours is 'one of the best out there'. Also, using their advice, we're constantly updating and improving the information in all our teaching aid products.

"I got involved with the design of these teaching aids because the visuals are so clear and uncluttered - I knew it would make teaching easier for me and for my trainees. The addition of the bullet pointed help notes and lesson plans on the left page means the trainee is able look at the notes discreetly while keeping their pupil focused on the visual"

A lot of teaching aids are over complicated and badly laid out. We wanted ADI's to be able to use these visuals to get a lesson across clearly to their learners without any confusing text or drawings. By road testing the visuals with working ADI's, we have been able to achieve this.

To help shape the visuals, we've used lots of feedback from pupils we've taught over the years - one of the reasons we feel it is so user friendly.

At DITA, we're really, really pleased with the response from across the UK Driving Instructor industry and are confident that these are the clearest instructor teaching aids available.