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From Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
  • What you must be able to do and understand to follow The Highway Code.

  • The report form used to mark your approved driving instructor (ADI) standards check, which assesses your ability to teach pupils.

  • How buses and coaches are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.

  • Find contact details for dangerous goods safety advisers (DGSA) that can help you transport dangerous goods safely.

  • Take the voluntary Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) special test if you’re an approved driving instructor or a fully qualified motorcycle instructor.

  • Find out about the indicators used to assess approved driving instructors (ADIs) and what will trigger a standards check.

  • How the syllabus works, what trainers should be able to show, the learning outcomes and assessment of skills.

  • How to record MOT test results when the MOT testing service isn't working, and where to get the contingency codes and certificates you need.

  • What you need to do to register and then record Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training your training centre provides.

  • The 'show me, tell me' safety questions that can be asked in an approved driving instructor (ADI) part 2 test of driving ability.

  • Meeting the legal requirements to ride, attitude, positioning, separation distances, speed, anticipating what other road users may do, and preparing for developing hazards.

  • Understanding your tractor or specialist vehicle driving test result, including what was assessed, what sorts of things counted as faults, and how to improve in each area.

  • How to follow the rules about the conspicuity markings that must be fitted to all HGVs.

  • How to safely and legally modify a van in order to carry passengers in the rear, including information about seat belts and how many people you can carry.

  • How changes to goods vehicles before they're registered will be approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.

  • How the motorcycle or moped works, what maintenance checks are needed, and getting a feel for the weight and balance of the vehicle.

  • A card to be shown to police if drivers are pulled over while carrying a recognised dangerous load.

  • A guide on how to avoid overloading heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and the effect it has on vehicles and the road.

  • A list of vehicles for which Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) model reports have been created for different areas of compliance.

  • Apply for permits to travel to or through Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Norway, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine.