DVLA licence status, re-verified not assumed
Driving licence category, points and endorsements checked live before placement — not trusted from a check run weeks or months earlier at registration.
Recruitment / AutomotiveBuilt for the sector where an
Built for the sector where an
expired licence is a liability claim waiting to happen.
Automotive staffing carries a risk most agencies underwrite without realising it: place a technician whose IMI accreditation has lapsed, or a driver whose licence has been endorsed or revoked since their last check, and the liability exposure sits with whoever placed them — not just the individual. The dual-checkpoint model exists precisely to catch what changed between screening and the first day on site.
Who this serves
Built for dealership groups, bodyshops and fleets — not just one segment.
Automotive staffing spans dealership technicians, MOT testers, bodyshop and paint specialists, parts staff, and commercial drivers — each with a different compliance profile and a different point of failure. SOS Global Recruitment’s automotive configuration is built for the agency placing across some or all of these simultaneously: sourcing from your own consented candidate base, screening against role-specific compliance items, and re-verifying live before every placement starts.
The underlying pipeline is identical to every other sector we serve — with automotive-specific compliance items configured into the screening and placement-day checkpoints. See the full eight-stage process
Sector-specific risk
What makes automotive compliance genuinely different.
IMI & City & Guilds trade accreditation
Technician qualifications and manufacturer-specific certifications verified current, so a placement never rests on a credential that quietly lapsed.
DVSA MOT tester register status
For MOT testers specifically: register status and annual CPD training confirmed live, not assumed from an onboarding-time snapshot.
Insurance & liability exposure
A driver or technician placed on an invalid credential exposes the agency and the client to uninsured liability. Re-verification at placement is what actually closes that gap.
The shared journey
Sector detail sits inside a clear process.
Define role-specific evidence
Agree the decision requirements and approved sources.
Review at screeningHARD GATE
Identify what is evidenced and what still needs resolution.
Human review
Keep a named person accountable for what progresses.
Review before placementHARD GATE
Return to the agreed placement-critical items before start.
How this gets configured
Confirmed with your compliance team, not assumed.
The automotive rule set above is a starting brief. A discovery conversation with your compliance and operations lead confirms which sources, checks and refresh points apply to your workflow before anything is treated as live.
Your next move
Running an automotive staffing operation?
We’ll walk through exactly which compliance items we check for your specific placement types, and how re-verification integrates with your current CRM.