MOT Annual Training deadline looms

7 March 2019  

More than 40% of MOT testers face being suspended from testing if they don’t complete their Annual Training and assessment by 31 March. DVSA figures show that as of 4 March 2019, 24,694 testers still needed to complete the training and assessment. Last year, 5,538 were suspended for failing to do so.

Every year, all 63,000 MOT testers have to carry out training and assessment on set topics to make sure they are competent and safe to carry out MOTs. Testers need to do at least three hours of training each year and a total of 16 hours over  five years. The pass mark for the assessment is 70%.

If suspended from testing, testers will need to complete all next year’s topics and take a demonstration test to be able to return to testing. This will lead to a delay while they are waiting to take a demonstration test.

DVSA MOT Product Manager Simon Smith said: “Testers shouldn’t wait until the last minute to record their training and assessment results but do it well before 31 March. If they don’t carry out their training and assessment in time, they will be suspended and face losing money.”

To see 2018 to 2019 training topics go to  www.gov.uk/mot-tester-training-assessments/training