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MOT tester eligibility: acceptable qualifications

Qualifications or accreditations that are accepted if you want to qualify to become an MOT tester for cars, private buses and light commercial vehicles.

From:
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Published
23 December 2019
Last updated
30 January 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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MOT tester eligibility: acceptable qualifications

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You must have an accepted qualification or accreditation if you want to become an MOT tester and test class 3, 4, 5 or 7 vehicles (cars, private buses and light commercial vehicles).

This document lists all the qualifications and accreditations that are accepted.

Updates to this page

Published 23 December 2019
Last updated 30 January 2023 + show all updates

  1. Updated with the current lists of acceptable UK and non-UK qualifications.

  2. Updated lists of UK and non UK qualifications.

  3. Updated 2. UK qualifications: - removed courses run by The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Updated 3. Non-UK qualifications: - added course run by Vilnius Tailor's Car Mechanics School

  4. First published.

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