Hello Paul S thanks for your reply, i look forward to reading through the forums and gaining valuable knowledge with the help of my fellow testers, i will take a note of your comments, sounds like they have just come from the course! haha. I have been shadowing our own MOT testers on site for years now so i have already built up knowledge from them and revising the inspection manual my self, i know they say to find your own routine but i at least find that by doing that i am already competent enough with the rules and following minimum standards to apply the effectively and affirmatively!