2018 19 cpd

3 Hours per year, 16 Hours per 5 years

yup.as above,given one of em is the current manual just tick that box and move on.1 hour?ive spent fooking weeks on it dunno how you stretch the one paragraph on data protection out to an hour tho

I guess that like most of us I recon that I could put at least 3 hour's down to the new manual cos I I've lost no end of time looking for stuff there!
Still as long as the total adds up to 3 I guess that it doesn't matter to much cos nobody will check it, as long as I can get a pass on the exam that's all that matters really.

How do I find out about this meeting? We are with the SMTA too but I've never seen any invitations? 

I was at an IGA event on tuesday Ian Marsh from DVSA said under the new site and tester assesments they are going to pay more attention to how we log our training method.

Thanks for the nod...

There is no guidance for anything, you have to make it up, and cross your fingers. At my last site visit the guy pulled a list out from his sleeve as in dah dah - now you see it, now you don't... he could tell I was rather annoyed 

I had sight of the list and at least he was impressed that I was half right and made the effort, which scored us a few browny points... he was here for five hours and all he could do was knit pick. 

They want a partnership yet it's a bit one sided, me thinks... suffering from mushroom syndrome.

I personally think its a bloody cheek to still have a set of rules that keep changing and refuse to be accountable then make a big thing about proving you have done your cpd.
Reading the manual is cpd so I shall just put from 20th may to the time I take my assessment as my cpd seeing as you have to check everyday what has been changed without telling us.
I take my job seriously so I am not too pleased being dictated to by a bunch of fcukwits who I would never employ under any circumstances.

ashamed of yourself
www.mottesting.service.gov.uk/documents/manuals/class3457/index.html
11 Categories, & if you separate

Identification of the vehicle
Brakes
Steering
Visibility
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension
Body, structure and attachments
Other equipment
Nuisance
Supplementary tests for buses and coaches
Seat belt installation checks


0 Identification of the vehicle
0.1 Registration plates
0.2 Vehicle identification number (VIN)

1 Brakes
1.1 Condition and operation
1.2 Service brake performance and efficiency
1.3 Secondary brake performance and efficiency
1.4 Parking brake performance and efficiency
1.5 Additional braking device (retarder) performance
1.6 Anti-lock braking system (ABS)
1.7 Electronic braking system (EBS)
1.8 Brake fluid

2 Steering
2.1 Mechanical condition
2.2 Steering wheel and column or handlebar, forks and yokes
2.3 Steering play
2.6 Electronic power steering (EPS)

3 Visibility
3.1 Field of vision
3.2 Condition of glass
3.3 View to rear
3.4 Windscreen wipers
3.5 Windscreen washers

4 Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
4.1 Headlamps
4.2 Front and rear position lamps, daytime running lamps and end-outline marker lamps
4.3 Stop lamps
4.4 Direction indicators and hazard warning lamps
4.5 Front and rear fog lamps
4.6 Reversing lamps
4.7 Rear registration plate lamps
4.8 Rear reflectors
4.9 ‘Tell-tales’ mandatory for lighting equipment
4.10 Trailer electrical socket
4.11 Electrical wiring
4.12 Battery(ies)

5 Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension
5.1 Axles
5.2 Wheels and tyres
5.3 Suspension

6 Body, structure and attachments
6.1 Structure and attachments
6.2 Body and interior

7 Other equipment
7.1 Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems (SRS)
7.3 Anti-theft device
7.7 Audible warning (horn)
7.8 Speedometer
7.10 Speed limiter (if required)
7.12 Electronic stability control (ESC)

8 Nuisance
8.1 Noise
8.2 Exhaust emissions
8.4 Other environmental items

9 Supplementary tests for buses and coaches
9.1 Doors
9.6 Passenger grab handles
9.7 Steps and stairs
10 Seat belt installation checks
10.1 Seat belt installation guidance notes

a significant step in the right direction would be to consolidate the above with
www.mot-testing.service.gov.uk/
15 Categories & if you separate…it gets numerically worse


Body, chassis, structure
Brakes
Buses and coaches supplementary tests
Identification of the vehicle
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Noise, emissions and leaks
Non-component advisories
Road wheels
Seat belt installation check
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems
Speedometer and speed limiter
Steering
Suspension
Tyres
Visibility

Making the manual clearer

Plenty of guidance if you read the Special Notices AND follow the hyperlinks...

SN 1-17....

Keeping a record of your training

You have to keep records for 5 years.

You’ll need to record:

the MOT annual training year (for example April 2018 to March 2019)

the date of the training

how long the training session lasted

what topics you covered during the session

notes on what you did, how you did it and what you learned

what vehicle groups your training covered

your name and MOT testing service user ID

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