MIDAS Passenger Assistant Training

MiDAS Passenger Assistant Training Scheme (PATS) is a nationally recognised standard of training for people who provide care and assistance to passengers requiring assistance whilst travelling.

Who Should Attend?

PATS training is suitable for:

• Anyone who cares or supervises passengers travelling by road – in cars, taxis, minibuses or large buses.
• New, returning and existing passenger assistants.
• Drivers who act as passenger assistants or who work closely with passenger assistants as a team.
• Employees or volunteers of organisations that utilise or provide passenger assistant services.

What is Covered?

The course will provide you with the knowledge to improve personal and passenger safety, improve passenger comfort, the legal and practical issues involved when supervising passengers and guidance to help support the needs of passengers.

PATS training covers:

• The role and duties of passenger assistants.
• Legal duties and reporting of safeguarding concerns.
• Health and safety, and manual handling.
• Assisting children and adult passengers:
  • With additional needs and impairments.
  • On longer journeys.
  • Boarding and alighting from vehicles.
  • Travelling in wheelchairs.
• Emergency procedures.

How to Book

Call us free on 0151 666 8370 (option 2) or fill in the Quick Quote form at the bottom of the page, and one of our advisers will get back to you shortly.

We provide training across a network of venues in Chester, Liverpool and Wirral. We can accommodate individual and group bookings, as well as those requiring onsite training (at your premises).

Requirements

Candidates must be aged 18 or older to attend this course.

Candidates need a basic command of English (defined as Level 2 equivalent). While we are often able to provide support to people who do not have English as a first language, our ability to do so is limited by the time available and the number of people who require assistance. We may be able to make special arrangements if requested in advance. Please contact us if you need any guidance.

For onsite training, your chosen room should be safe and large enough to accommodate the learners seated with one square metre of space per person, plus sufficient space to move and complete activities.