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Instructions on applying for STCW watch ratings, yacht ratings, or able seafarer certificates and information on gaining an efficient deck hand certificate
Changes to the MOT inspection manual and testing guide from 29 November 2024, and a clarification about special notice 03-24.
How to create a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) email alerts account and update your subscription preferences.
Guidance on how to fill in a VTL301 application form for a first trade licence.
Details on how to dispose of your unwanted distress flares.
Chargepoint and infrastructure specifications and claim guidance for electric vehicle chargepoint and infrastructure grants.
Sets out how the requirements for available finance might be met.
Sets out the requirements for satisfying professional competence.
This Note emphasises the need for correct use of electronic navigational equipment by watchkeepers.
How the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) earned recognition scheme works, how to apply, and what happens when you've joined.
Countries whose seafarer medical fitness certificates are accepted as equivalent to the UK ENG 1.
Samples of MOT test failure notices that can be given to you when your vehicle fails the test.
How vans and light goods vehicles are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
Fees and test lengths for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer MOTs, prohibition clearances, dangerous goods (ADR) tests, TIR tests and low emission tests.
A guide to the standards for driving with impaired vision.
Advice on when a school employee with a car driving licence may drive a minibus and when a section 19 permit might be required.
The testing procedures and standards that examiners follow when they carry out Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval (MVSA) inspections.
Train people to become driving instructors by joining the official register of driving instructor training (ORDIT) - including the assessments you have to pass.
Safety codes of practice for small (up to 24m) vessels
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