Driving examiners recently began wearing body worn cameras to help tackle an increase in abuse. DVSA has taken this decision due to an increase in unacceptable violent and abusive incidents against driving examiners since testing restarted after the pandemic restrictions. Although the most recent figures show incidents of abuse have dropped since, they still remain …
The following is a message from the DVSA regarding the industrial action scheduled to take place on 1st February. PCS Union has instructed all DVSA members to take part in a national civil service-wide day of strike action on Wednesday 1 February. We are unable to confirm what level of impact this action might have …
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A message from DVSA: Dear stakeholder, The PCS trade union has asked all DVSA colleagues who are members of the PCS union to take part in a national civil service-wide day of strike action on Wednesday 1 February. This is likely to include driving examiners, traffic examiners and administrative colleagues including our contact centre colleagues. …
In early 2023 DVSA will be increasing the number of assessments for existing members of the official register of driving instructor trainers (ORDIT) and applications for new members. DVSA limited ORDIT assessments after the pandemic to focus examiner resource on delivering ADI part 2 and 3 tests. It will be restarting them with increased capacity …
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DVSA updated the industry in December on the work they were doing to create a more flexible and efficient driving test service that is less dependent upon fixed estate (i.e dedicated, physical test centre sites wholly operated/occupied by DVSA ).
DVSA contact centre services and vocational, bike and Certificate of Professional Competence business services are likely to be affected by industrial action on 12, 13 and 16 January.
Changes to the terms and conditions for using DVSA’s Online Business Service (OBS) are now live. This means that the next time you sign in to OBS, you’ll be required to agree to the terms and conditions before using the service. To give you more insight into the updates, Lianne Parkinson, Head of Driver Policy …
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DVSA is committed to creating a modern, flexible and efficient driving test service that is less dependent upon fixed estate and takes advantage of the investment and development of new technology. DVSA set this out in the 2022/23 business plan that was published in May of this year. Creating a more flexible driving test centre …
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The following is a message from the DVSA: The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union has formally served notice that a programme of industrial action involving DVSA members will take place over a 6 week period from Tuesday 13 December 2022. For the latest information on when and how our services will be affected, please …
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From yesterday (30 November) Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) Part 3 tests will be marked digitally. The content of the Part 3 test will not change, just the way our examiners will record your pupils test, using tablets and the Driver Examiner Service (DES) app. The test results will be emailed to your pupils once their …
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