Licensing Authority

Your trusted partner in Taxi and Private Hire driver training, compliance and safety. Delivering training, reducing risk, and upholding public confidence, together.

BLT Driver Training works in partnership with licensing bodies to deliver trusted assessments and accredited training, helping you uphold public confidence and regulatory compliance.
 
Every licensing authority shares the same challenge, ensuring drivers meet consistent, verifiable standards of safety and professionalism.
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Why Partner with BLT Driver Training?

Consistency & Quality Assurance

All assessments and courses are delivered by experienced, DVSA Approved ADI and Fleet accredited trainers, and qualified classroom trainers ensuring uniform standards.

Compliance & Licensing Confidence

Our programmes align with current Taxi & Private Hire licensing requirements, helping you meet your statutory and moral duties.

Risk Reduction & Protect Reputation

Poorly trained or unchecked drivers can lead to reputational damage, complaints or worse. Partnering with us helps you uplift standards and mitigate risk.

Scalable & Flexible Delivery

Whether you need in-person assessments, virtual courses, or eLearning modules, we offer flexible delivery nationwide.

Monitoring

We provide successful drivers with certificates to evidence their training and we monitor our pass rates to ensure quality.

Community & Safety Mission

BLT Driver Training is part of the Blue Lamp Trust, a registered UK charity. Training revenue helps sustain vital community safety services, visit bluelamptrust.org.uk

Core Services

Below are the core services and how they can support your licensing function:

1. Driver Assessment Services

We deliver Taxi, Wheelchair and Combination Assessments that satisfy licensing criteria. From booking to scheduling and certification, we manage the process end-to-end.

2. Safeguarding Training

We deliver CPD approved Safeguarding courses (eLearning & virtual) to ensure drivers understand their responsibilities to vulnerable passengers.

3. Disability Awareness

Through this CPD approved course, drivers learn how to support passengers with disabilities, aligning with Equality Act 2010 obligations and improving service standards.

4. Proficiency Training

Our CPD Proficiency course is designed to raise standards of service. Intended for new drivers or as an extra layer of enforcement for drivers who Licensing Authorities have concerns about.

5. Ongoing CPD & Refreshers

Courses and Assessments can be utilised as part of a drivers professional development to help you maintain standards and respond to licensing renewals or new regulatory changes.

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Training You Can Trust

  • On road Trainers and Assessors are DVSA approved ADI and Fleet accredited.
  • Qualified classroom trainers deliver virtual courses
  • We adhere to industry best practice in safeguarding, data protection and equality.
  • Our course content is monitored and updated to meet the evolving requirements of licensing authorities.
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Ready to partner?

If you wish to raise the standard of driver licensing, protect your community, and simplify your training delivery, we’d love to partner with you.