Vehicle Safety Inspection Training

Vehicle Safety Inspection Training Class

This class is for those who want to get a Vehicle Safety Systems Technician License and need to take the exam. The state requires A4, A5, and A6 ASEs for you to apply but you do not need them to take the class. (You will need them when you apply for a license).

It is also for those who transitioned from the old brake and lamp license to the vehicle safety systems technician license but want to know the requirements to perform the inspection.

The instructor for the course is Justin Flint from Bakersfield College. Justin Flint is knowledgeable about this program and has been involved with it from its inception. He has had Brake and Lamp licenses for over 15 years. He has worked with the BAR as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) since 2018 revising Brake, Lamp, and the new Vehicle Safety Inspection license exams. He was part of the original group that wrote the current Vehicle Safety Exam and has obtained permission from BAR to teach classes. 

The Bakersfield College Automotive Department is committed to offering community training for this program. If you are interested in Vehicle Safety Inspector Training, please sign up using the interest form below. You will be contacted to register when there are enough students to hold a class and the next training opportunity becomes available.

Vehicle Safety Class Interest Sign-Up

Vehicle Safety Inspection Program Information

The Vehicle Safety Systems Inspection Program, which became effective on March 27, 2024, consolidates current brake and lamp inspections with other vehicle safety systems assessments into one comprehensive inspection and creates new station and technician licenses. Required by Assembly Bill 471 (Low, Chapter 372, Statutes of 2021), the program protects consumers by certifying vehicle safety systems, allowing revived salvage vehicles to be registered with DMV and safely returned to the road.

To support the transition from the brake and lamp inspection programs to the new Vehicle Safety Systems Inspection Program, the BAR has developed a phased implementation approach. Vehicle safety systems inspections will begin on July 8, 2024, and run concurrently with existing brake and lamp inspections until the brake and lamp inspection programs end on September 27, 2024.

For more information about the Vehicle Safety Inspections, please visit the Bureau of Automotive Repairs website.