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Driver Licence Checking for Employers

What is dh Licence Check?

Do you have staff who drive for work? If yes, your organisation is legally obliged to ensure that anyone driving for business purposes has a valid licence, which covers the vehicle they are driving.

dh Licence Check is an online licence checking system designed to make the job of checking your drivers’ licences easy. Our system is simple and easy to use. It will save you time and money by automatically carrying out the required checks via the DVLA, creating an auditable online record – providing you with complete peace of mind.

A  better way of checking your drivers’ licences

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Why choose dh Licence Check?

Driver Hire’s unique online licence checking systems is the best way to check your drivers’ licences. Some key features and benefits include

Easy to use

No training is required. Eliminates the need to individually manage GDPR records (which would be required if using the DVLA ‘Share my Licence‘ service)

Fast onboarding

With SNAP! Onboarding, take a photo of the licence, and the declaration is managed online via a text or email link. A manual process is also available.

Data protection

Information is stored and processed in accordance with all legal requirements.

Bespoke dashboard

All driver information is instantly available, thanks to the simple dashboard and bespoke reporting module.

Audit trail

All checks are recorded and securely stored for future reference.

No software

The service is available online 24/7, accessible via any connected device

Customer support

A helpdesk is available should you have any questions.

Tachograph data

Access card validity and the expiry dates.

Training records

Access the Driver CPC records for your drivers. You can even reserve, book and pay for courses direct with Driver Hire Training.

Making the admin easy

snap driverhire licence checkdh Licence Check’s unique SNAP! Onboarding tool was created to streamline the licence checking process for companies who check their drivers’ licences on a regular basis.

The traditional approach to licence checking can be frustrating if the mandates are not completed correctly or contain errors such as spelling mistakes. Mandates can be rejected and the whole process can become very labour intensive.

SNAP! Onboarding, which is fully DVLA-approved, cuts though these issues by using a photo of the driver’s licence to accurately capture all the relevant information. The data is shared directly with DVLA and the formal licence check is completed within minutes.

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Your Legal Compliance Requirements

dh Licence Check helps you comply with your legal obligations. Here’s how:

  • Regular – Licence checks should be carried out at regular intervals, with the Traffic Commissioner recommending quarterly checks as a rough guideline. You can set a regular schedule with dh Licence Check, to ensure your checks are up to date.
  • Robust – Our system provides an instant, comprehensive, permanent and secure record of every driving licence check you carry out, reducing the risk of human input error.
  • Auditable – Your portal keeps all records in one place, ensuring a online audit trail is always available.

What the law says

Three main Acts of Parliament, or primary legislation, govern the legal requirements of licence checking and driver validation for employers in the United Kingdom (separate but similar legislation applies in Northern Ireland):


FAQs

If your organisation has people driving for business purposes, whether in a company vehicle or their own, you have a legal responsibility to check driving licences on a regular basis.

We have over 40 years’ experience in the logistics industry, with a hard-earned reputation for first class customer service and dedicated support. The dh Licence Check tool offers a range of convenient and unique features, to make licence checking easy.

Yes you can – The DVLA has a ‘Share my Licence’ service – once the driver gives you a Share my Licence code, you can log on to the DVLA portal within 21 days and access the record, as a one off. Please note you are not permitted to use ‘View my Licence’ service on the driver’s behalf.

Absolutely, we are more than happy to arrange a no obligation demo of the compliance and training portal to show you how it all works.

The service is charged per check, there are no admin or management fees for the licence check service.

We can display anything held on the driver’s licence by the DVLA. Please note some endorsements are only viewable for certain periods of time.

If there is a mismatch then the record will be withheld until the details are corrected. We can guide you through this process.