Guidance

Provide MOT training courses

How to provide MOT tester and manager qualification courses, and MOT tester annual training courses - including the topics the training must cover.

Published 5 August 2016
Last updated 19 January 2018 — see all updates

From:: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Applies to:: England, Scotland, and Wales

Types of MOT training

There are 2 types of MOT training you can provide:

MOT tester and manager qualification courses
MOT tester annual training courses

You must be approved by an awarding organisation to provide qualification courses.

You don’t need to be approved to provide annual training courses.

Provide qualification courses

You can get approval to provide these MOT qualifications:

Level 2 Award in MOT Testing (classes 1 and 2 - motorcycles)
Level 2 Award in MOT Testing (classes 4 and 7 - light vehicles)
Level 3 Award in MOT Test Centre Management

Apply for approval

Contact an awarding organisation to find out:

if you’re eligible to be a training provider
how to register with them

You can register with more than one.

ABC Awards

mot.abcawards.co.uk
Telephone: 0115 854 1620
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Find out about call charges

City & Guilds

www.cityandguilds.com
Telephone: 0844 543 0033
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
Find out about call charges

Institute of the Motor Industry Awards

www.imiawards.org.uk
Telephone: 01992 511 521
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm
Find out about call charges

When you’re approved

You’ll be responsible for approving individual MOT trainers to run the qualification courses.

The awarding organisations you register with will give you more information about running the courses.

Provide annual training

MOT testers must complete training between April and March every year. You can provide training courses for them to take.

Training topics

MOT testers have to study different topics depending on whether they test:

class 1 and 2 vehicles (‘group A’)
class 3, 4, 5, 7 vehicles (‘group B’)

The topics MOT testers have to study are different every year. These are the topics for 2018 to 2019.

Group A

Testers who test vehicles in group A need to know about:

changes to the MOT test from 20 May 2018
testing brakes (including floating discs and radial brakes)
testing suspension types and alignment
how to use MOT test quality information to check they’re carrying out tests correctly
data protection for themselves and their customers

Group B

Testers who test vehicles in group B need to know about:

changes to the MOT test from 20 May 2018
how to use MOT test quality information to check they’re carrying out tests correctly
data protection for themselves and their customers
testing alternative fuel vehicles, such as hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

Published 5 August 2016
Last updated 19 January 2018 + show all updates

19 January 2018 Added information about providing MOT tester annual training courses.
5 August 2016 First published.

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