Module 4 is the last piece of the initial Driver CPC, and it is the one people picture wrongly. You do not drive. You stand with a vehicle and an examiner and show that you know how to look after it, load it safely and handle things going wrong — talking through what you are doing as you go.
Module 4 takes around half an hour and is taken at a DVSA test centre with a vehicle of the category you are qualifying in.
The examiner works through five topic areas, asking you to demonstrate and explain. There is no driving element and no reversing exercise — that is Module 3, the practical test.
Each of the five topics is scored out of 20. You need at least 15 in every topic and 80 overall, so you cannot rescue a weak area by being excellent elsewhere — the balance matters.
DVSA publishes the current marking detail on GOV.UK and it is worth a look before test day so nothing about the format surprises you.
Talk. The most common reason for a low score is doing the right thing in silence. The examiner is assessing whether you understand why, so narrate: what you are checking, what you are looking for, what would make you stop.
Learn the walkaround as a route around the vehicle rather than a list — start at one corner and work round the same way every time, and nothing gets missed under pressure.
Be specific about load security. "I would strap it" is weak; naming the restraint, saying roughly how many you would use and why, and mentioning what the load could do if it moved is what scores.
Module 4 is usually taken around the same time as your practical driving test, once you have had the training that covers vehicle safety and load security properly.
Pass Module 2, Module 3 and Module 4 alongside your licence and your initial Driver CPC is complete — your driver qualification card follows in the post. After that it is 35 hours of periodic training every five years to keep it.
The practical demonstration test — a roughly 30-minute assessment with a vehicle where you show and explain load security, walkaround checks, emergency handling, personal safety and trafficking prevention. There is no driving.
You need at least 15 out of 20 in each of the five topic areas and 80 overall. Check GOV.UK for the current marking detail.
Around 30 minutes.
No. Module 3 is the driving test. Module 4 is a demonstration you talk your way through, standing with the vehicle.
Module 2 is the case study test taken on a computer at a theory centre. Module 4 is the practical demonstration taken with a real vehicle at a test centre.
Load security and walkaround checks are taught properly during your practical week with us, on the vehicle you will be tested with — and the Module 4 fee is included in your course price.
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