Overview

Who might be interested in taking this qualification?

This qualification is primarily developed for those individuals who wish to enhance their career by qualifying as an MOT Tester. Achievement of this qualification enables them to apply to undertake the DVSA VT8 (final observed assessment in order to achieve full tester status, enabling them to become a Nominated Tester.

What will the learner study as part of this qualification?

The content of this qualification has been designed to reflect the contents of the National Occupational Standards for MOT Testers.

The content of the qualification includes:

• working safely within a vehicle test centre
• communicating with colleagues and customers
• how to manage and maintain their CPD
• carrying out pre-test checks
• carrying out an MOT test

Time

It takes 5 days to complete the full course and assessments.  The size of the qualifications is 29 guided learning hours (GLH); of which a minimum of 8 hours must be practical.

Appropriate Content

The content of these qualifications has been designed to cover the requirements for all prospective Nominated Testers. It is based on the suite of National Occupational Standards (NOS) developed by the IMI in conjunction with DVSA and the MOT industry in 2015.

External Assessment

These qualifications are subject to externally set and externally marked assessment in the form of online tests delivered through the IMI online testing platform.

Therefore IMI has developed a bank of questions that will be randomly selected to cover the knowledge requirements of the qualification. This test will consist of 40 questions, to be answered in 75 minutes and will span the breadth of the content for each of the units.

Internal Assessment

In addition to the externally set and externally marked online tests, learners must successfully undertake practical assessments provided by IMI.