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Driving tests are usually provided by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).

You can apply to DVSA for permission for your own staff to provide driving tests for your employees if you鈥檙e a:

• bus or haulage operating licence holder
• police service
• fire and rescue service

Your staff providing driving tests will be known as 鈥榙elegated driving examiners鈥�.

Tests that can be provided

Delegated driving examiners are allowed to provide theory and practical driving tests for drivers of:

• lorries
• buses and coaches
• cars and trailers
• emergency service vehicles

Lorry, bus and coach companies

Delegated driving examiners working for lorry, bus and coach companies can test:

• an employee
• an employee of a sister company

Emergency services

Delegated driving examiners working for police services and fire and rescue services can test:

• an employee
• an employee from the same type of service in a different area

When deciding whether to give permission for someone to provide driving tests, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) looks at if they:

• have a full driving licence for the type of vehicle they鈥檙e testing in
• have had any convictions in the last 3 years
• have been disqualified from driving
• have any court proceedings pending against them
• have any penalty points on their licence

Qualifying as a delegated driving examiner

Your employees must then:

• complete an initial training course
• reach an appropriate standard in the delegated driving examiner theory and practical tests

You must email the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to get permission to provide driving tests.

You must include information about your organisation, the tests you want to provide, and the people you want to appoint as delegated driving examiners.

Your organisation

You鈥檒l need to include:

• the full name of the organisation
• the registered address or headquarters address (if you鈥檙e not a registered company)
• a copy of your certificate of incorporation if you鈥檙e a registered company
• a copy of your operator licence (if you have one)
• the name, position and contact details of the main contact in your organisation for driving tests
• confirmation that you, as the person submitting the application, is an approved signatory for the purposes of the application

The tests you want to provide

You鈥檒l need to include:

• details of the locations at which testing would take place
• the categories of tests you want to provide, for example, 鈥榗ategory D - bus鈥�
• the type of tests you want to provide, for example, licence acquisition theory test, licence acquisition practical test and so on
• details of where the records about the tests would be stored
• an estimate of the minimum number of tests you鈥檒l provide in the 12 months following your approval

The people you want to appoint as examiners

You鈥檒l need to include the full names and driving licence numbers of the people you want to appoint as delegated driving examiners.

When DVSA gets your application

You鈥檒l also get information about:

• the qualifying process聽
• the detailed rules about providing theory and practical driving tests聽
• the detailed rules about recording tests that you provide