Operator licence support built around your sector

The core rules are consistent. The vehicles, loads, sites and evidence are not. Start with guidance that reflects how your operation actually works.

Compliance has to work on your busiest day

A generic checklist cannot show whether a scaffold load is restrained correctly, whether a recovery movement falls outside an exemption, or whether a trailer swap has brought the right maintenance evidence with it.

These guides connect operator licensing, roadworthiness, drivers’ hours and load security to the conditions that create risk in each sector.

Choose the closest match

If your fleet crosses several sectors, use the guides together and apply the control that best reflects the highest-risk work.

From licence question to evidence

01 · DEFINE

Check the real operation

Start with the legal entity, vehicle and trailer weights, ownership of the goods, contracts and operating centres.

02 · TEST

Sample the live records

Compare the written system with maintenance, defects, brake evidence, tachographs, loading and day-to-day decisions.

03 · ACT

Set a clear next step

Identify the issue, evidence required, responsible person and completion date before a deadline becomes urgent.

Not sure which guide fits?

Tell us about the vehicles, work, current licence position and deadline. We will help identify the most useful starting point.

Talk to the Operator Licence team
This section is for operators in Great Britain and provides general operational guidance, not legal advice. Northern Ireland has a separate licensing system. Operator Licence Ltd is an independent commercial service, not GOV.UK, DVSA or the Office of the Traffic Commissioner.