The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is urging testers that haven’t completed their appraisal to use e-learning to pass before the March 31 deadline.
The IMI said the 3 hour e-learning package is designed to be completed in bite-size chunks at the tester’s convenience, it also allows the assessment to be taken twice to help technicians achieve the DVSA required pass rate of 80%.
Although the DVSA has confirmed that many testers have already completed their annual assessment, there are still over 28,000 testers who still need to prioritise finishing it in just over a month.
The annual assessment ensures testers remain compliant and are legally entitled to carry out MOT tests on vehicles.
If they fail to pass the test by midnight on March 31 they will be suspended from testing.
Lindsey Mitchell, director of development, quality and compliance of the IMI, said: “The reality is that if an MOT tester fails to meet the MOT Annual Assessment deadline their testing status will be suspended from April 1.
“They will have to complete the current year’s assessment and a demonstration test with the DVSA, as well as complete and submit a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
“This could all result in a loss of income for the MOT testing station due to the time it can take to have these completed.”
Once the IMI MOT Training and Assessment is completed, MOT testers will receive free membership to the IMI by opting-in.
