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Plans have been revealed to improve road safety and give consumers a better service when they take their vehicle for its MOT.

 

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is introducing:

•an industry-recognised qualification for new MOT testers and managers

•annual training and assessments for the existing 58,000 MOT testers

 

Carrying out MOTs to the right standard

 

Around 27 million car MOTs are carried out in Great Britain each year.

 

The vast majority are done to the right standard, but DVSA data shows that some errors are made.

The new qualification and training process should help to reduce them.

 

MOT qualification

 

From September 2016, new MOT testers will need a nationally-recognised qualification.

 

To be eligible for the qualification, they’ll already need to have:

•a technical qualification, eg a Vehicle Technician, Vehicle Maintenance and Repair NVQ

•at least 4 years of experience in the motor trade

 

They’ll then need to:

•successfully complete an MOT tester qualification course

•pass an MOT demonstration test with a DVSA examiner

 

The new qualification offers more people the opportunity to develop their skills and enter a career in MOT testing, helping to boost the industry.

 

Annual training and assessments

 

MOT testers will also have to take training and pass an assessment every year to continue carrying out MOTs.

 

The training will focus on topics which DVSA data shows testers are most likely to get wrong.

 

It means that consumers can be more confident that their MOT result is right, and that any vehicle faults are correctly identified. This helps protect everyone from unsafe vehicles.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raising-the-standard-of-mot-testing-to-improve-road-safety

 

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport

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