Come in flashing his sherriffs badge...

I Smoked 5 cigarettes in an hour while he went over it with a toothcomb...

It wasn't a nice feeling at all, how I have gone 8 years without ever having them retest one of mine before is beyond me, but I'm glad it's over...

 

So was this a random test and did you pass with flying colours?

 

Completely out the blue, gave me a "satisfactory test" which was nice, although I think he was a bit picky saying I should have advised lower suspension arms for being corroded. It was a five year old Toyota lol

 

I bet it made him feel very important doing that though lol

 

lol bet you were shitting bricks mate

glad its all over and you passed

 

For a minute there may have been actual poo touching cloth, everything starts going through your mind though! Did I check this and that properly??

 

ive just passed my test this week and the vosa inspector was quite thorough and i had a bit of a sweat on!
when i finished the car he asked me if it has passed or failed.i said passed with 3 advisories.he then asked me about the n/s/f tyre as he thought it should have failed as it was below the limit.we looked at it and my boss and me said it was over 1.6mm,he said he thought it was under.we got the official depth gauge out and it was 2mm.he didnt like that but conceded defeat.
apart from that though he was quite a fair chap though.

 

Well done matey, I remember my first test, I was that nervous I forgot to check the headlights lol, bulbs, beam, nowt!!! Lucky for me the examiner obviously didn't want to be there and payed absolutely no attention to what what I was doing!!

 

well done on passing.
i had one checked and argued about an arb bush that vosa said was a fail. this has turned into a long running feud between us which has moved workplaces with me.
then they wonder why they get a bad rep.
he told me to take the testers manual home and studie it as thats what he did every night. i told him i was pleased for him and i had better things to do like go to the pub.

 

Quality mate! lol

 

Feel for ya really do it's a horrible thing when it happens but boy have I got stories about what's happened over the years with our vosa guys in our areas some of the sories would get them sacked straight away!!

 

most vosa guys are jobs worths always try and find something to moan about

 

Ive been offered to be a mot tester but i dont know if its worth the hassle.

 

That sinking feeling when they keep jotting stuff down whilst looking over your previous test is not nice, I think most of the time they are doodling because they know you are watching them and adds to the drama.

 

The extra dollars is always worth it if your employed. If your self employed like me it's essential lol.

Makes it so much easier when your looking for a new job too...

 

They always have to find something wrong, at least it was just a QC and not a customer complaint

 

Had a vosa inspector turn up when i was getting my van MOTed. The tester obviously crapped himself, i was sat in the van doing lights, steering etc. Didnt know wether to act like i worked there or not but aparently its perfectly acceptable. The van passed with 2 advisories and he kept his license so its all good.

 

They will watch garage now and again. Apparently they gonna put CCTV in test centres soon. Lol

 

What do you ACTUALLY need to become a tester?
I tried finding out years ago but the answers were pretty vague?

 

A level 3 nvq is a recognised qualification for mot testing, then you go and do a course

There's other recognised qualifications I can't remember now, city and guilds something or other

I'm just doing my last year nvq now to be a tester

 

you can sit a written test instead of having nvq's

 

I Had a re check a few years ago, all sortsgo through your mind, they said to me this is random, if we were picking on you it wouldn't be a 04 focus we chosen

 

Thats the NTTA Exam, but they are stopping it in December apparantly.

 

I was told this has stopped but sitz says December so could be wrong!

 

Oh right, my mate took it a few months ago.. Maybe it has stopped, I don't know for sure..

Seems a bit unfair on the old boys who have like 30+ years experience would now have to go to college to learn the theory of mechanics to be a tester lol

 

That's exactly what I thought, my dad did the ntta test as he didn't do college but like you say has 33years experience in the trade.

I can't remember what my tutor at college was saying but I think there is still a way to do it without doing three years at college.

 

I have that

 

Still don't know how to sort your steering though

 

Nope

I actually have now though, really have put the bearing back. Don't like it

Hey, didn't you have an issue with you steering????

 

surely thats the point?

 

Ive been dealing with VOSA now as a tester. then QC, then AE for over 18 years, if you are testing to the required standard, keep the paperwork as it should be, and generaly work by the book you will never have a problem with VOSA.

I have had spot checks, re-tests, appeals and have a station that is rated one of the highest in the area.

though recently I had a telephone review, which was obviously carried out by a non vosa call centre, as when I queried the stats they had no response for me.

 

luckily we do loads of kitcars, modified and weird stuff here and normally get the same tester, we also look after his family and friends cars lol

good as gold he is, spot checks are a pain in the arse when you are servicing a car on one ramp and got it logged in for a test on the other and they turn up i would imagine

 

NVQ Level3's the easiest way through, though you can do an ATA course which is 2 Days a week over a 4 week period

 

ALL the tests and courses are free of charge dont forget