PREFERENTIAL SAFETY TRAINING & CONSULTANCY LIMITED

Preferential Safety Training & Consultancy Limited is Ireland’s leading provider of advanced driver training and safety instruction. Based in Waterford, the company delivers a comprehensive suite of courses for professional drivers, emergency services and commercial organisations across the country. Founded and run by former fire‑service station officer Paddy Russell, who holds a RoSPA International Diploma in Advanced Driving Instruction, Preferential Safety combines decades of frontline experience with specialist teaching expertise.

The training portfolio covers everything from ESDS Level 3 driver qualifications for local authority fire services, the national ambulance service and the Defence Forces, to RoSPA advanced motorcycle instruction and 4×4 severe‑weather courses for statutory and voluntary emergency responders. Additional programmes include CPC training for professional drivers, transport‑manager qualifications, load‑securing, winch operation, confined‑space, manual‑handling and a full range of emergency‑response and fire‑extinguisher training. The company also offers practical lessons for motorcycles, jeeps with trailers, C1 light trucks/ambulances, rigid and articulated trucks, and buses, as well as driver assessments aimed at improving safety for both employees and other road users.