Vehicle Maintenance and Repair (VRQs) qualifications and training courses

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These qualifications are for anyone interested in starting or developing a career in the motor industry, whether you want to maintain and repair different types of vehicles or fit and replace parts and tyres.

Level 3 Diploma in Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles UCAS tariff

Grade	New Tariff points
P	48

The VRQs in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair are aimed at anyone interested in starting or developing a career in the motor industry. You do not need any previous experience or need to be in a current work placement. Most of the time these qualifications are taught in a college or training provider and learning is by doing rather than writing lots of notes.

Available to deliver in the following:

England
Wales – please check QiW website for available funding
Scotland
Northern Ireland
International

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General Information

What Is Involved In Studying This Course?

You'll cover things like:

routine vehicle maintenance
removal and replacement of vehicle units
diagnosis and rectification of vehicle faults.
fitting and replacing vehicle tyres
maintenance and installation of alarms, digital instruments, satellite navigation systems, etc

To gain a Vocationally Related Qualification (VRQ) you learn with your training provider or FE college, learning by doing. Assessment is via combination of essential underpinning knowledge with practical learning. This includes practical tasks, oral/written questioning and online tests.

What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?

To deliver these qualifications you will need suitably qualified staff to carry out training and assessment.

You will also need suitable facilities to carry out the required training to enable learners to achieve industry standards.

For some options you'll need to simulate a workplace where learners can demonstrate skills to diagnose faults and repair vehicles.

Anyone can take this qualification, but you must make sure all your learners can access the resources they need to complete it.

To find all the resource requirements for assessment and delivery, download the handbooks from the centre documents section.

Level 2

Level 2 will suit you if you have already developed a good foundation of skills and knowledge required to become a vehicle service technician and are ready to move to the next level. At this level you can choose from the following qualifications:

Diploma in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles
Diploma in Motorcycle Maintenance and Repair Principles
Vehicle Fitting Principles Qualifications.

For a full list of units, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

FastFit/Tyre Technicia
Heavy Vehicle Service Technician
Motorcycle Service Technician

Level 2 Diploma in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles (4290-22)

Last Registration Date: 31 Aug 2026

Level 2 Diploma in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles

Accreditation No: 500/9982/6 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Technical This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 78 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 645 - 660 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 780 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/08/2028 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: TBC, please speak to your Account Manager for further information Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 2 in Vehicle Fitting Principles Qualifications (4290-52)

Last Registration Date: 31 Aug 2026 Supportive services: Learning Assistant

Level 2 Certificate in Vehicle Fitting Principles

Accreditation No: 600/1448/9 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 36 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 306 - 350 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 360 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2025 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: TBC, please speak to your Account Manager for further information Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 3

This level will suit you if you have a great deal of technical skills and knowledge and looking to gain more responsibility by supervising others, running your own business or moving to a diagnostic technician level. You work with minimum supervision and have a good record of safety, fault correction and ensuring work meets the required standard. At this level you can choose from the following qualifications:

Diploma in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles
Diploma in Motorcycle Maintenance and Repair Principles.
Diploma in Vehicle Fitting Supervisory Principles

For a full list of units, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

FastFit Supervisor
Heavy Vehicle Diagnostic Technician
Motorcycle Diagnostic Technician
Running your own business

Level 3 Diploma in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles (4290-23)

Last Registration Date: 31 Aug 2026

Level 3 Diploma in Heavy Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles

Accreditation No: 500/9983/8 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 79 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 670 - 717 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 790 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/08/2029 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: TBC, please speak to your Account Manager for further information Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Additional information for centres

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Here you can find all documents related to this suite of qualifications.

By clicking on the section headings below, you can access a variety of documents such as the qualification handbooks and assessment materials, Statements of Purpose, and recognition letters from industry and employers.

Some documents may be password protected. Passwords can be retrieved by logging in to Walled Garden and visiting the Administration section of the relevant qualification catalogue page.

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