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Types of MOT training

There are 2 types of MOT training you can provide:

• MOT tester and manager qualification courses
• MOT tester annual training courses

You must be approved by an awarding organisation to provide qualification courses.

You don鈥檛 need to be approved to provide annual training courses.

Provide qualification courses

You can get approval to provide these MOT qualifications:

• Level 2 Award in MOT Testing (classes 1 and 2 - motorcycles)
• Level 2 Award in MOT Testing (classes 4 and 7 - light vehicles)
• Level 3 Award in MOT Test Centre Management

Apply for approval

Contact an awarding organisation to find out:

• if you鈥檙e eligible to be a training provider
• how to register with them

You can register with more than one.

When you鈥檙e approved

You鈥檒l be responsible for approving individual MOT trainers to run the qualification courses.

The awarding organisations you register with will give you more information about running the courses.

Provide annual training

MOT testers must complete training between April and March every year. You can provide training courses for them to take.

MOT testers have to study different topics depending on whether they test:

• class 1 and 2 vehicles (鈥榞roup A鈥�)
• class 3, 4, 5, 7 vehicles (鈥榞roup B鈥�)

Most of the questions will be about specific topics. Some of the questions could be about other topics from the MOT inspection manuals and MOT testing guide.

2025 to 2026 topics

These are the topics for 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Group A

Testers who test vehicles in group A need to know about:

• electric, hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles, disabled rider controls and vehicle modifications
• information in the MOT testing guide
• MOT test procedures
• 迟丑别鈥�MOT inspection manual for motorcycles and sidecars

Group B

Testers who test vehicles in group B need to know about:

• electric, hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles, disabled driver controls and vehicle modifications
• information in the MOT testing guide
• MOT test procedures
• 迟丑别鈥� MOT inspection manual for cars and passenger vehicles

Groups A and B

MOT testers who test vehicles in both group A and group B need to study all the topics. They will need to train for at least 6 hours a year (instead of 3) and take 2 annual assessments.

Questions on electric, hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles, disabled rider and driver controls, and vehicle modifications

These are some examples of the subjects MOT testers will be asked questions about:

• identifying these vehicles (some electric bicycles are subject to MOT test)
• emissions, smoke and visual tests on hybrid vehicles (class 4 and 7 vehicles only)
• what to do if the beam jack cannot extend clear of the batteries in the floor of an electric vehicle (class 4 and 7 vehicles only)
• identifying high voltage cables (not all are orange)
• health and safety
• testing hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell systems
• disabled driver and rider controls (as an addition to normal vehicle controls and when replacing normal vehicle controls)
• road testing vehicles fitted with disabled driver and rider controls
• fuel caps and flaps

Questions on information in the MOT testing guide

These are some examples of the subjects MOT testers will be asked questions about:

• replacement certificates
• disciplinary procedures, points evaluation and possible action
• MOT contingency test procedures
• who to contact in situations like dealing with an incorrectly registered vehicle, needing testing advice, appealing against disciplinary action, and replacing certificates

Questions on test procedures

These are some examples of the subjects MOT testers will be asked questions about:

• using turning plates correctly
• using an assistant in both the bike and car test one-person test lane (OPTL) and automated test lane (ATL)
• suspension checks, suspension bearing seized on a car
• using the decelerometer
• smoke test, temperature
• smoke test pre-checks
• smoke test plated values
• noise
• sound deadening material, noise suppression
• fuel system (gas powered vehicles leak check) heat shields, leaks
• headlamp alignment
• brake test procedures

Questions on test procedures applicable to class 4 and 7 vehicles only

MOT testers will be asked questions about items to consider in emissions testing and smoke testing. This includes:

• the age of the vehicle
• seating capacity
• L category vehicles
• modified engine or emission control equipment
• goods vehicles
• conversions

Questions on test procedures applicable to motorcycle class 1 and 2 vehicles only

These are some examples of the subjects MOT testers will be asked questions about:

• suspension movement (acceptable or not acceptable)
• wheel misalignment (shaft drive)
• belt drive
• broken or modified levers
• footrests (missing or not required, single seat conversion)
• reflectors (position, size, shape)
• exhaust modified
• fuel leak
• battery security

Questions on the MOT inspection manuals and MOT testing guide

These are some examples of the subjects all MOT testers will be asked questions about:

• number plates (including vehicle registration dates for grey characters or 3D effects)
• using an assistant in both the bike and car test one-person test lane (OPTL) and automated test lane (ATL)
• lighting
• when the interaction between lamps is acceptable or not acceptable (for example, a daytime running lamp (DRL) is permitted to switch off when the same side indicator is operating)
• locking devices

These are some examples of subjects MOT testers might be asked about for group A:

• front and rear position lamps can be incorporated with the direction indicator lamps 鈥� the position lamp on the same side of the direction indicator may or may not switch off when the indicator is switched on
• the DRL can function as a front position lamp 鈥� it may or may not switch off or dim when the headlamps are switched on and the engine is running
• clutch and throttle controls (friction device, does not return to idle)
• number plate lamps
• indicator lamps, position (moped, solo, side car)
• testing a motorbike with linked brakes
• checking steering linkage
• checking steering head bearings
• checking a solo machine without a centre stand

These are some examples of subjects MOT testers might be asked about for group B:

• anti-theft devices (M1 not N1 after 2001)
• correct use of turning plates (all checks)
• speedometer operation
• warning lamps (electronic stability control (ESC), anti-lock braking system (ABS), seat belt supplementary restraint system (SRS), tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), engine malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) or engine management light (EML))
• mirrors