Start with the paperwork
Have your licence and undertakings to hand. Check that maintenance files, driver defect reports and tachograph records are complete and in date order.
Check the vehicles
Walk the yard. Are the vehicles on the licence the ones you are really running, and are the inspection stickers and records consistent?
Brief your people
Everyone who might meet an examiner should know who the Transport Manager is, where records are kept, and that honesty is always the best policy.
General information only. Operator licensing rules are set by the Office of the Traffic Commissioner and DVSA and can change. Always check the current guidance on GOV.UK. Nothing here is legal advice.
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