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The certificate of conformity ensures the free movement of goods and must be supplied to the buyer of a new vehicle when the vehicle is delivered.
What you must be able to do and what you must know and understand to provide training to drivers and riders.
Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) if you’re making or importing a single car or a very small number of cars (also known as IVA 1C).
Wheel bearing, wheel and tyre, and suspension (including springs, shock absorbers, and suspension arms and joints) rules and inspection for motorcycle MOT tests.
The skills, knowledge and understanding you need to be a safe and responsible driver of a car or van (category B vehicle).
Guidance for driving examiners on the wording to use in all categories of driving tests.
Ways to load items on a goods vehicle safely.
Reasons why a tester can refuse to carry out a test.
The MOT testing guide is being updated on 1 April 2025 to include changes to the disciplinary points system for MOT testers.
What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.
Rules on drivers’ hours and tachographs for passenger vehicles in Great Britain and abroad.
Training requirements for testers, initial MOT testing training, demonstration tests, MOT annual training for testers, keeping a training record, assessment of new and returning testers, assessment of continuing competence, …
What's required of moped and motorcycle trainers and learner riders during compulsory basic training (CBT).
Who is eligible to become a tester, when applications might be refused, training and keeping up to date.
The procedure testers will follow to check vehicle exhaust emissions during the MOT test, and vehicle examiners follow to check emissions at the roadside.
Entrance and exit doors, emergency exits, passenger grab handles, steps and stair rules and inspection for bus and coach MOT tests.
MOT testing service user roles, what they can do, what their responsibilities are, which roles are mandatory, authorised examiner's responsibility for security of the MOT testing service.
Contingency procedures for MOT testing, completing contingency test certificates, contingency testing catch ups, issuing duplicate and replacement contingency testing certificates.
Equipment and methods you can use to secure a load in a goods vehicle and how to use it safely.
Frame and attachments (including exhaust system and fuel system), and seat and riding controls (including clutch and throttle controls and footrests) rules and inspection for motorcycle MOT tests.
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