Accreditations

Accredited, approved and checked

Training courses and instructors are only as good as the standards behind them. Here is who checks our work, and what each accreditation means for you as a trainee.

Anyone can call themselves a lorry driving instructor: there is no legal requirement for LGV instructors to hold a qualification. That is why we put every driving instructor on the National Vocational Driving Instructors Register, why our courses are approved by the bodies that set the industry standard, and why our certificates, cards and Driver CPC hours are recognised by employers and enforcement officers alike.

Our accreditations

DVSA

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)

The government agency that sets the standard for driving tests and conducts the practical lorry test. Two of our instructors are DVSA reverse examiners, and one is a DVSA delegated examiner for the Driver CPC Module 4 test, so our trainees are taught by people who know the test standard from the examiner's side.

Courses: LGV licences, Car & trailer
Visit the DVSA website
NVDIR

National Vocational Driving Instructors Register (NVDIR)

Lorry driving instructors are not legally required to hold a qualification, so the NVDIR, operated in partnership with the DVSA, lists instructors and training centres that are checked and monitored. Every one of our driving instructors is NVDIR-registered.

Courses: LGV licences, Car & trailer
Visit the NVDIR website
Driver CPC

JAUPT-approved Driver CPC centre

We are approved by JAUPT, the Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training, to deliver Driver CPC periodic training. Hours you complete with us count towards the 35 you need every five years and are uploaded to your DVSA record.

Courses: Driver CPC & ADR
Visit the JAUPT website
SQA

Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)

SQA runs the examinations for the ADR dangerous goods driver certificate. Our ADR training is delivered by an SQA-approved ADR instructor.

Courses: Driver CPC & ADR
Visit the SQA website
NPORS

National Plant Operators Registration Scheme (NPORS)

Since 2024 we have been a registered NPORS training and examination centre. NPORS cards carrying the CSCS logo are accepted on construction sites across the UK.

Courses: Earthmoving, Lifting & handling, Access & height safety, Agricultural & site
Visit the NPORS website
RTITB

Workplace transport training accreditation (RTITB)

RTITB accredits workplace transport training such as forklifts. Our counterbalance forklift course is RTITB-accredited, and four of our instructors are RTITB forklift instructors.

Courses: Loaders & forklifts
Visit the RTITB website
ALLMI

Association of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and Importers (ALLMI)

ALLMI sets the industry's recognised standard for lorry loader (HIAB) training. Our lorry loader course is taught by an ALLMI-accredited lorry loader instructor.

Courses: Loaders & forklifts
Visit the ALLMI website
SDS

Skills Development Scotland (SDS)

Scotland's national skills agency. SDS funding and programmes can help with the cost of training for eligible trainees. We check what applies to you before you book.
Visit the SDS website
IMI

Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI)

The professional body for people working in the motor industry, which also sets standards for driver apprenticeships and training.
Visit the IMI website