Skip to main content
Guidance

MOT tester training: check the topics your records need to cover

Check the list of topics that MOT testers need to have MOT training records for from May 2021 to March 2026.

Updates to this page

From:
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Published:
1 December 2023
Last updated:
1 April 2026
Show all updates

  1. Added the training topics for 2025 to 2026 and removed the training topics for 2020 to 2021.

  2. Added the training topics for April 2024 to March 2025 and removed the training topics for April 2019 to March 2020.

  3. Removed the link to 'Record your MOT tester annual training' as that page has been withdrawn.

  4. First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Car and passenger vehicles: MOT tester annual training topics from May 2021 to March 2026

HTML

Motorcycles: MOT tester annual training topics from May 2021 to March 2026

HTML

Details

If you are an MOT tester, you must complete at least 3 hours of MOT training every year and keep a record of it. You have to keep those records for 5 years.

These documents tell you which training topics you need to have records for if you test:

  • motorcycles (class 1 and 2 - also known as group A)
  • cars and passenger vehicles (class 3, 4, 5 and 7 - also known as group B)

If you test vehicles in both groups, you need records of the training you did in all the topics.

You and the business you work for can be suspended from MOT testing if you do not keep the right records.

Sign up for emails or print this page

Related content