The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has carried out a review of the following National Occupational Standards (NOS):
- Maintenance and Repair – Light Vehicle
- Mechanical Electrical and Trim (MET)
- Core Automotive – Health & safety, use of hand tools, comms etc.
Phase 1
Advisory Groups online meetings – now completed
- Light Vehicle and Core – 16th and 25th September, 10am
- MET and Core – 19th and 30th September, 10am
- Core Automotive – 16th and 30th September, 2pm
Focus Group online meetings - now completed
- Overhauling mechanical units – 23rd October, 10-11am
- Chassis and Driveline for EVs – 23rd October, 2-3pm
- ADAS NOS units – 24th October, 10-11am
- Additional Core NOS – 24th October, 2-3pm
Phase 2
Draft NOS are now available below, along with a document for each NOS suite outlining the suggested changes.
Wider consultation electronic surveys to gather feedback on the draft NOS will be open from 25th November 2024 for 4 weeks.
If required, an online all nations ‘washup’ meeting will be held in January/February.
An overview of changes is as follows:
Light Vehicle:
- Minor wording changes across the suite
- IMILV14-IMILV18 removed for LV NOS and became Core Automotive units
- IMILV19 and IMILV20 became units within a new suite (below); Vehicle Autonomy (VA)
MET:
- Minor wording changes across the suite
- Addition of reference to other refrigerant gases in addition to F-gas where relevant
- Addition of performance criteria re disposal or recycling of components/materials where relevant
- References to ADAS added where relevant
Core:
- Addition of IMICA06 – was IMIARBG6
- Addition of new IMICA14-IMICA18 – created from a combination of similar NOS within multiple other suites (LV, HGPSV, HVT and LT)
- Removal of IMIARBG11 and IMIARBG12 due to no take up.
Phase 3
The final revised NOS will be published and available on the NOS database by 31st March 2024 - https://www.ukstandards.org.uk/en/nos-finder
Those who participated in the review can claim a CPD certificate for their time. An email will be sent to those eligible.
To see the final NOS and a document detailing the changes made see the Individual NOS links below:
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MET NOS
Have a look at the most up-to-date NOS MET standards:
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LV NOS
Have a look at previously published Light Vehicle NOS standards:
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Core NOS
Have a look at previously published Core NOS Standards
- IMICA01 2025 - Final
- IMICA02 2025 - Final
- IMICA03 2025 - Final
- IMICA04 2025 - Final
- IMICA06 2025 - Final
- IMICA08 2025 - Final
- IMICA14 2025 - Final
- IMICA15 2025 - Final
- IMICA16 2025 - Final
- IMICA17 2025 - Final
- IMICA18 2025 - Final
- Summary of NOS Changes Core 2025
- New NOS
