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How approved driving instructors should behave in their personal conduct and business dealings, including advertising their services and settling disputes.
Fees and test lengths for car, motorcycle, lorry, trailer, bus and coach approval tests.
Guidance for driving examiners on general operational matters.
How to set up a training centre and get approval to provide Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training courses.
How to get a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training course approved by DVSA.
How to run an ADR driver training course in a classroom and remotely, and how to carry out exams.
The rules about the size of L plates that must be displayed on a vehicle being driven by a learner driver.
What you must be able to do and understand when to prepare yourself, the vehicle and its passengers for a journey.
Diagrams of the different layouts of the off-road motorcycle manoeuvring area used for module 1 of the motorcycle practical test.
How the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) earned recognition scheme works, how to apply, and what happens when you've joined.
How lorries are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
A reference leaflet about drivers' hours for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers.
The role of the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), how to make a complaint about DVSA.
A list of topics and examples of the types of questions you'll be asked when you take the MOT tester annual assessment.
Train people to become driving instructors by joining the official register of driving instructor training (ORDIT) - including the assessments you have to pass.
Information on acceptable qualifications to become a tester
Apply for Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MSVA) if your motorcycle, 3-wheeled or light 4-wheeled vehicle has not been type-approved to European standards.
This syllabus sets out an approach to training drivers in the skills, knowledge and understanding required to be a safe and responsible driver of a category B vehicle.
Check which documents you need to carry if you're the driver or a passenger in a lorry or other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) that crosses international borders.
Find out which licences and permits you need to operate vehicles with a gross vehicle weight above 3.5 tonnes on international journeys from the UK.
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