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markmotman AE/Manager/Owner Posts: 420 Class tested: 4, 7 Last Online: Apr 8, 2024 21:56:29 GMT 1 Likes: 73	ntta changes Mar 11, 2016 10:05:33 GMT 1 Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by markmotman on Mar 11, 2016 10:05:33 GMT 1 Im happy this has happened as i could never understand how its was fair that someone could sit a two hour exam and it be the equivalent of my 3 years at college.

Gaz VTS Council member Posts: 2,157 Class tested: 4, 7 Last Online: Sept 7, 2019 10:16:48 GMT 1 Likes: 738	ntta changes Mar 11, 2016 11:56:53 GMT 1 via mobile grant1987 and rob1980 like this Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Gaz on Mar 11, 2016 11:56:53 GMT 1 What's changed? I'm only a tester because of that exam
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Post by flapperjack7 on Mar 12, 2016 0:56:02 GMT 1

I'm a tester because of that exam. Also did 3 year's BTEC Motor vehicle engineering. 20 year's prior but couldn't find my qualifications so just sat the exam ...wasn't easy I passed but don't think any idiot could just walk in off the street.

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Post by castrolrob on Mar 13, 2016 12:18:13 GMT 1

reading the sn it states that a mech without the relevant qualifications can still become a tester.how precisely?further down it states that they'll now need the relevant qualification first.am I the only one to find the rqmnts confusing?the govmnt website link to it only states the old reqmnts not the new ones so pretty useless.

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Post by aylesburyjock on Mar 13, 2016 22:33:49 GMT 1

One of the best techs I know had not a qualification to his name. Just decades of experience. Probably knew more than many of us. Is it just me who thought the NTTA had very little to do with the MOT? The companies which are now supplying the new testers for a fee (couple of thousand pounds) are teaching the MOT test. Just that. Not all the technical details that you needed to service and repair to an acceptable level. The MOT test. Make of it what you will. Good or bad. Disuss.

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Post by grant1987 on Mar 14, 2016 0:10:03 GMT 1

The removal of the Ntta is a bad Idea it set a high standard for entry, I have already spoke about this in the special notice section.

If DVSa want to move to highly trained qualified new testers then I have a tip for them, Make the NTTA exam mandatory to everyone who wants to become a tester regardless of qualification. As in my opinion and experience (from testers with nvq3's) i've shown papers to a lot of them would not pass that exam.

Anyhow Rant Over, Ntta is going but every time I am asked how do you become a tester, I will tell them I passed an Exam and earned my Place.

NTTA Changed my Life.

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Post by stoker on Mar 14, 2016 0:35:11 GMT 1

Despite reading this special notice several times and asking other to take a look
i cannot make any sense of it , confusing and conflicting
inflormation regarding future and current entry requirments for testers
I will not be ticking the read and understood box
as i dont understand it !!

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Post by flapperjack7 on Mar 14, 2016 1:13:05 GMT 1

Mar 14, 2016 0:10:03 GMT 1 grant1987 said:

The removal of the Ntta is a bad Idea it set a high standard for entry, I have already spoke about this in the special notice section.

If DVSa want to move to highly trained qualified new testers then I have a tip for them, Make the NTTA exam mandatory to everyone who wants to become a tester regardless of qualification. As in my opinion and experience (from testers with nvq3's) i've shown papers to a lot of them would not pass that exam.

Anyhow Rant Over, Ntta is going but every time I am asked how do you become a tester, I will tell them I passed an Exam and earned my Place.

NTTA Changed my Life.

I agree. Make everyone sit that exam. It's designed not to let just anyone be a tester.

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Post by castrolrob on Mar 15, 2016 11:36:31 GMT 1

we all know folks with all the gear and no idea,being good at fixing motors has never been a rqmnt for testing em sadly,quite the opposite in my experience.a proper exam just on mot requirements would be a better idea but that would take administration and(dare I say it)investment

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