Information for vehicle inspectors & inspecting organisations

This section is for Land Transport New Zealand appointed vehicle inspectors.

In-service certification (WoF and CoF)

• Fees information: applying to become a vehicle inspector, having your site reviewed, etc
• Applying for authority to issue a WoF: what you need and who to contact
• Notification of vehicle inspector transfer form (PDF, 23 KB)
• Vehicle inspection requirements manuals: in-service certification (WoF & CoF)
• Vehicle inspection requirements manuals: in-service certification (WoF only: a subset of the full WoF and CoF VIRM)
• WoF news
• WoF online website
• Get your lights right
• Noisy vehicles: Noise meter specifications (PDF, 39 KB) for when a noise meter is used during the inspection, and noisy exhaust pamphlet to hand to the vehicle operator if their vehicle fails a WoF/CoF because of a noisy exhaust
• Visible smoke: guidance for vehicle inspectors when inspecting vehicles for clearly visible smoke
  (Your vehicle failed a smoky exhaust test: This booklet tells vehicle owners what to do if their vehicle fails an exhaust emissions test)
• Tyre tread depth: guidance for vehicle inspectors when checking tyre tread depth
• WoF check sheet requirements (PDF, 19 KB)
• Introducing DVCU re-inspections: the who, what, when, where and how of DVCU's latest initiative (also in PDF, 33 KB)
• CoF news

Alternative fuels certification

• Fees information
• Applying for authority to issue alternative fuels certification
• Notification of vehicle inspector transfer form (PDF, 23 KB)
• Vehicle inspection requirement manual: alternative fuels certification (PDF, 2.3 MB)   
• WoF news (news concerning alternative fuels will be published here)   
• Introducing DVCU re-inspections: the who, what, when, where and how of DVCU's latest initiative (also in PDF, 33 KB)
• Standards NZ website: for purchasing alternative fuels standards   

Entry certification

• Site requirements: what must be on your vehicle inspection premises (PDF, 140 KB)
• Vehicle inspection requirements manual: entry certification
• Introducing DVCU re-inspections: the who, what, when, where and how of DVCU's latest initiative (also in PDF, 33 KB)
• Noisy vehicles: Noise meter specifications (PDF, 39 KB) for when a noise meter is used during the inspection, and noisy exhaust pamphlet to hand to the vehicle operator if their vehicle fails a WoF/CoF because of a noisy exhaust

Specialist certification

• Fees information: applying to become a vehicle inspector, having your site reviewed, etc
• Vehicle inspection requirements manual: light vehicle repair certification (2006) (PDF, 972 KB)
• Vehicle inspection requirements manual: heavy vehicle specialist certification (PDF, 1 MB)

Specialist certifiers (information held on other sites)

• Light vehicle repair certifiers
• Heavy vehicle specialist certifiers
• Low volume vehicle certifiers (PDF)

Performance review system (PRS) master records

• PRS electronic scoring sheet (Excel spreadsheet, 71 KB)
• PRS manual scoring sheet (PDF, 19 KB)

The documents below are editable PDFs which use features available in Adobe Reader 7 or later, or equivalent. If you have an older PDF reader you might want to get the latest version (it's free) before using these files.

• PRS training record (PDF, 237 KB)
• PRS complaints record (PDF, 132 KB)
• PRS technical information record (PDF, 293 KB)
• PRS staff record (PDF, 243 KB)
• PRS induction record (PDF, 301 KB)
• PRS improvement record (PDF, 135 KB)
• PRS equipment record (PDF, 312 KB)
• PRS delegation record (PDF, 161 KB)
• PRS controlled documents record (PDF, 132 KB)

General information for vehicle inspectors

• Vehicle certification forms
• Links to all of Land Transport NZ's Infosheets
• Links to all of Land Transport NZ's Factsheets
• Objective noise test: what the test is and how it could affect you

Last updated: 28 November 2007