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CBR: The Dutch Driving Test Agency

Eveline van Oostrom Vienna, 18 October 2018

Our Mission:

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Coming home safe

Inform, Test, Monitor

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CBR core business

Public enterprise since 1927. Report to the Minister of Tranport.

• Over a million tests per year.
• Theory tests.
• Practical driving tests.
• Tests and evaluations for professionals in

transport and logistics.

• Withdrawal of Driving licenses.
• In the Netherlands, learning to drive and the

driving tests are separate.

• We make sure that a person is physically and

mentally fit before being allowed to participate in traffic.

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CBR and figures

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1.205 665.000 672.000 586.000 12.000 7.000

Licenses withdrawn Assessment alcohol / lack of skills Medical fitness approved Practical Tests (650 examiners) Theory Tests Staff

Why NLQF at CBR?

• According to the 3rd European Driving License Directive

(January 2013), all practical examiners must meet a certain basic qualification (level 3).

• Although no direct transposition is available between the
• ld decision (85/268) and the EQF system, it is assumed

that level 3 EQF is in line with level 3 of the old decision.

• For recruitment did we ‘translate’ this ‘level 3’ to Dutch

formal education level MBO4/HAVO.

• From all the applicants (6000) about 50% don’t have the

start qualification level, especially lots of candidates from the driving schools and transport sector .

• By having the training as an examiner certified, they

reach this level. After analyzing the training requirements and examinations, we have arrived at NLQF level 4.

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What are the benefits?

For CBR:

• Quality improvement of the training, examination and

design of the processes

• External acknowledgement forces certain quality
• No longer 'The butcher approved his own meat'

For the examiner:

• Can demonstrate at which level his job has been

ranked

• Meets the requirements that are prescribed by law
• Has a degree that has value in the labor market
• Also examiners who entered employment before

2013 and do not have a formal starting qualification now also want to obtain the official diploma For the Ministry of Tansport:

• We comply more than the EU Directive
• We are able to recruit and train enough examiners
• QPIs relating to reservation terms can be achieved

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What have we done to get an NLQF qualification?

Validation test

• A

Legal personality

• B

Owner of the qualification

• C

Continuity of the organisation

• D

Exams (proces))

• E

Quality assurance requirements Determine the level of the education

• A

Descriptors (context, applying knowledge, skills)

• B

Value in the labor market

• C

Content/level of the exams

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What have we done to get an NLQF qualification?

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• Recording, exam regulations, examination program,

method of examination and the final objectives

• Organizing the independent Examination Board:

decides on exam process

• Setting up disputes regulations.
• Organizing the Board of Experts: Development of

tests.

• Arranging taking tests.
• Establishing quality assurance system with

demonstrable evaluation and improvement climate

• f the examinations of the program (ISO 9001:2015

certification).

• Determining the level of the education (level 4).

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The experiences with NCP/NLQF

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• The guidance from NCP / NLQF was leading. In

particular, we have had to make an effort to make the examination independent of the course and to develop the right tests.

• All in all it took us almost a year with 2 FTE effort.

The process and cooperation with NCP / NLQF went very well (this cooperation is conditional).

• In the long term, audits might have to be set up to

check whether everything delivered on paper is actually implemented in practice.

Questions?

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