Continuous and effective management is a vital part of your Operator Licence obligations.
Transport Auditing and Compliance Services can assist you in operating a safe, legal and compliant transport operation. We can help you manage your transport obligations more efficiently and effectively.
Operators have an undertaking to comply with various conditions on their O Licence and failure to comply is a criminal offence. These include:
- The laws relating to driving and the use of vehicles are to be observed
- Rules on driving hours must be observed
- Vehicle and trailers must be maintained in a safe and serviceable condition
- Defect reporting must be carried out correctly
- Record keeping must be maintained and available
SERVICES
O Licence Management and Administrition
Save time and money. Several types of fleet management assistance are available from regular visits to remote assistance, depending on your needs.
O Licence Compliance Auditing
Severals types of audits can be carried out. As part of your undertakings, for presentation at a public inquiry or quality monitoring.
Quality Monitoring
Regular quality monitoring of your maintenance and/or drivers’ hours arrangements will ensure you always meet your Operator Licence obligations.
Workshop Assessments
An assessment of the standard of yours or your maintenance providers workshop and facilities. This would include appropriate certification of equipment, equipment available for use, documentation used, necessary insurance, facilities available
External Transport Manager
Placement of an external Transport Manager on long term as a nominated Transport Manager, short term to assist whilst finding an appropriate candidate or assistance with a restricted licence.
Bespoke Transport Audits
Assistance in carrying out or developing your own internal transport audits.
CONTACT
Traffic Commissioner’s Office
- Guidance: A Guide to making objections: PSV operator licences 3rd October 2024Details of how to oppose public service vehicle licence applications.
- Guidance: Goods vehicle applications and decisions for the West of England 3rd October 2024Applications for good vehicle operator licences to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for the west of England.
- Guidance: Goods vehicle applications and decisions for London and the south east of England 3rd October 2024Applications for goods vehicle operator licences to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for London and the south east of England.
- Guidance: PSV notices and proceedings for Wales 3rd October 2024Notice of bus and coach operator licence applications to, and decisions made by, the Traffic Commissioner for Wales.
DVSA
- Guidance: Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: vans and light goods vehicles 1st October 2024How vans and light goods vehicles are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
- Guidance: Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection manual: cars 1st October 2024How cars are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.
- Guidance: Provide official DVSA driving e-learning for learners or drivers 30th September 2024Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.
- News story: DVSA issues warning about parking fine scam text messages 27th September 2024The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is warning that scammers are sending text messages about fake DVSA parking penalty charges.