Meet your instructor
Krzysztof “Kris” Kawa
Driving Instructor · Bus & Coach Instructor · CPC Trainer · Driver Coach
An RSA Approved Driving Instructor for both car (B) and bus/coach (D) — a dual qualification very few instructors in Ireland hold — and an approved Driver CPC trainer working daily with professional drivers in one of Ireland's largest passenger transport operations. You're learning from a standard, not just a teacher.
Most people meet a driving instructor once — to pass a test. I spend my days on the other side of that standard: training, assessing and coaching the professional drivers who carry thousands of passengers safely every day, within one of Ireland's largest passenger transport operations.
I'm a Road Safety Authority Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) for both car (B) and bus/coach (D), and an approved Driver CPC trainer certified to deliver four of the national periodic training modules. That background is what you feel in a lesson. I'm not coaching you to scrape a pass; I'm bringing you up to a genuine, professional standard — calmly, patiently, and at a pace built around you.
Whether you're a nervous learner taking your first EDT lesson, a driver rebuilding confidence after years away, or someone progressing into professional driving, my goal is the same: clear, supportive, real-world training that makes you genuinely good — not just test-ready.
“Anyone can teach you to pass. My job is to make you the kind of driver who's still safe twenty years from now.”
Qualifications & accreditations
- RSA Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) — Car (Category B)
- RSA Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) — Bus/Coach (Category D)
- Approved Driver CPC Trainer — four RSA modules:
- Minimising Risks & Managing Emergencies in the Transport Industry (MRMET)
- Health & Safety of the Professional Driver (HSOPD)
- The Professional Bus Driver (PROBD)
- Role of the Professional Driver in the Transport Industry (RPDTI)
- QQI Level 6 — Passenger Vehicle Driving Instruction
- QQI Level 6 — Training Delivery & Evaluation (Train the Trainer)
- QQI Level 5 — Occupational Health & Safety
- QQI Level 5 — Occupational First Aid
- CPC Transport Manager — Passenger Transport (CILT)
- Full licence — all categories except motorcycle: B, BE, C, C+E, D and DE
Currently completing
- ADI certification for C and C+E
- CPC Transport Manager — Road Haulage (CILT)