Classroom & Online courses

Our training courses are designed to teach your team how to use all aspects of our software. They are available to attend in person or online.

COurse calendars

Coach Manager Courses

Basic
Mon, 15 JunClassroom
Mon, 20 JulClassroom
Mon, 10 AugOnline
Mon, 14 SeptClassroom
Mon, 19 OctOnline
Advanced
Tue, 16 JunClassroom
Tue, 11 AugOnline
Tue, 15 SeptClassroom
Tue, 20 OctOnline

Tour Booking System Courses

Mon, 9 NovOnline

Vehicle Maintenance System Courses

Mon, 28 SeptClassroom

Attendees

If you have a current software subscription or maintenance agreement, training is included at no additional cost. Your annual classroom course allowance is shown in the table below. You can attend an unlimited number of online courses.

SystemUsersFree Courses / Year
Coach Manager1 - 52
6 - 124
13 or more6
Coach Manager Express1 - 51
6 or more2
Tour Booking System1 - 52
6 - 124
13 or more6
Vehicle Maintenance System1 - 52
6 - 124
13 or more6
Vehicle Maintenance System Express1 - 51
6 or more2

Please note that we reserve the right to cancel courses at short notice if there are insufficient bookings. If you are attending a classroom course, we recommend that you book travel and accommodation with flexible cancellation options where possible.

 

Places must be booked in advance for both classroom and online courses. To reserve your place, please email training@distinctive-systems.com.

 

Courses run from 09:30 to 16:30, with appropriate breaks scheduled throughout the day.

 

For further information about course availability, please call us on 01904 692269.

Course content

Coach Manager Courses

Basic
Clients, Drivers, Vehicles & Locations
Quotations & Private Hires
Contract Bookings
Diary, Allocations & Scheduling
Invoices & Sales Ledger
Reports & Work Tickets
Licence Check integration
Driver App & Portal Overview
Advanced
Setup & Security Overview
Data Titles, Codes & User Defined Reports
Pricing Schemes & Location Pricing
Driver, Vehicle & Day Logs
Driver's Hours Checks & Warnings
Coach Manager Online Overview

Please note that both days are scheduled from 09:30 – 16:30, the advanced training day may finish earlier, depending on the attendees and their requirements.

Tour Booking System Courses

Setup & Security Overview
Seating Plans, Pick-up Points, Accommodation & General Items
Tours
Tour Departures
Tour Vehicles
Clients, Agents & Bookings
Departures, Invoices & Reports
Sales Ledger & Financial Reports
Website Overview

A training day runs from 09:30 – 16:30. Please note that some features are only available in the full version of TBS but will be included in the training sessions.

Vehicle Maintenance System Courses

Vehicles
Activities
Scheduled Activities
Activity Diary, Six Month View, Optimiser & Planner
Employees, Skills & Logs
Walk-around Check Overview
Defects & Nil Defects
Accidents & Incidents
Unscheduled Activities
Job Cards (Including Overview of EJC)
Tyre Module overview
DVSA Earned Recognition
Reports
Security & Setup overview
Questions & Answers

A training day runs from 09:30 – 16:30. Please note that some features are only available in the full version of VMS but will be included in the training sessions.