Road safety largely depends on the professionalism of drivers.
A driving license is obtained from the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate after successful testing of traffic rules, other theoretical issues that the driver needs to know and testing of practical driving skills.
One of the mandatory documents that is submitted to the State Traffic Inspectorate along with an application for admission to the exams is a certificate of completion of a driving school.
Let's figure out what this document is, whether its validity period is limited, whether it can be restored in case of loss, and whether it needs to be kept for life.
What is a certificate of completion of a driving school and why is it needed?
According to the provisions of paragraph 1 of Art. 26 Federal Law No. 196, which regulates issues related to traffic safety, persons who have undergone professional training are allowed to take exams to obtain a license to drive transport.
Those wishing to obtain a license learn theory and driving skills in licensed driving schools, according to approved programs.
Testing of the learned material, as in any educational institution, is carried out by an internal exam, consisting of a theoretical and practical part.
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A certificate of becoming a driver is issued only to cadets who have successfully passed internal exams, confirming completion of a driving school. The very concept of a certificate speaks of confirmation of completed professional education standards for a driver of a certain category of transport. Therefore, the document is valid no matter how much time has passed since its receipt.
A certificate of completion of a driving school is an official document that can be produced according to an approved sample or purchased.
Having legal force, the certificate entitles the graduate to apply for a driver's license.
In addition to the name of the educational institution where the person received professional driving training, indicate:
- full last name, first name, patronymic of the driving school graduate;
- educational subjects corresponding to the training program for a specific category of transport;
- results of certification and final internal exams;
- period of study and date of issue of the certificate.
Sample certificate of completion of a driving school
Licensing requirements for driving schools
Of course, the requirements for a driving school are based on the conclusions and attached documents; you should not forget about the requirements for employees , and these include:
- The number of employees is based on the expected workload of the school, for example, a group of 30 people, it should have one theory teacher and three instructors.
- The theory teacher must have a secondary specialized or higher education and at least 3 years of experience in a similar field.
- It is possible to combine teaching of several disciplines by one teacher. As a rule, there is a dedicated teacher for medicine. All employees must undergo special courses every three years.
- Contracts with employees can be of any kind - labor, civil law.
Selection of premises for a driving school
The most difficult task at the Rospotrebnadzor stage is finding premises for conducting classes. The group should consist of 15-30 people, each with 2.5 sq.m. Also, these premises must meet the requirements of Rospotrebnadzor and the Ministry of Emergency Situations - when everything goes well, you can safely go to the Ministry of Education of the Sverdlovsk Region.
Classes must be equipped and staffed with:
- Simulated vehicles
- Visual aids for studying theoretical materials
- Vehicle layouts and assemblies
- Posters on the main topics should be posted in the classroom. Posters should generally be on all topics, but they can be replaced with an electronic digital projector on which certain posters will be broadcast.
- As a general rule, when checking, traffic rules posters should be placed on the left and right sides of the classroom. At the back are posters on car design and medicine.
- There are no clear requirements for mannequins; the traffic police only need one mannequin on which you can show the entire practical part.
- An additional advantage will be if the class includes some car components in cross-section (for example, a bridge).
Autodrom:
- Requirements for the race track and for practical training must be agreed with the traffic police. If the autodrome has passed all the checks and it is in the traffic police database, then 99% of them will not check it. Pay attention that the contract with the race track contains the wording “taking examinations for the right to drive a vehicle.”
Requirements for a driving school website:
- The site must be in accordance with the Federal Law “On Education”.
Requirements for training vehicles:
- The traffic police pays attention to cars. There must be a minimum of 2 cars fully equipped for driving training. All design changes must be registered with the traffic police. Subsequently, during the operation of the driving school, the car must be equipped with video surveillance systems - this is a requirement of the traffic police when passing the qualification exam.
- Cars can be either owned or leased.
Where can I get a certificate of completion of a driving school?
I would like to immediately note that educational institutions issue certificates, and not certificates, confirming the completion of a professional driver training course. The concept of a certificate in this case is used as it is often used in colloquial speech.
The document is issued at the driving school after testing theory and testing driving skills.
For your information!
Modern technologies make it possible to undergo theoretical training in traffic rules, cargo transportation and passenger transportation, and first aid techniques for victims online.
However, in any case, the required hours of car driving training must be completed practically under the guidance of an instructor.
What to do if you decide to pass your license after a few years
If several years have passed since graduating from a driving school, then the future motorist needs to re-learn the tickets, because over such a long period of time, adjustments could have been made to the Traffic Rules. The algorithm of actions will depend on the situation:
- There is a certificate of completion, but the exams have never been taken. You will need to check your document for authenticity, determine whether the driving school has a license, and pay the state fee for issuing a license. Only after this the instructor will allow you to take the exams.
- There have already been attempts to pass the traffic police exam. In this case, you will not have to check the authenticity of the certificate. You can simply contact the traffic police department to take the theory and driving test again.
- The certificate of completion of a driving school has become unusable or lost. First, you will need to obtain a duplicate of the document, which can be done at the same school where the training took place. After this, you should follow the instructions described above.
Difficulties will arise for those individuals who have not even passed the internal exams at a driving school. In very rare cases, management will accommodate a former student and simply set a date for taking the exams. Most often, after a few years, the contract with the driving school loses its validity, which means the training will have to start all over again.
Sometimes motorists who have successfully passed the traffic police exams do not receive a license for one reason or another (for example, due to hospitalization). In such a situation, you should not worry - information about successfully passed exams will be stored in the traffic police database for at least 3 years. During this period, a driving school graduate can apply to the MREO and obtain a driver’s license.
Is it worth buying a driving school certificate?
It is no secret that there are individuals who are interested in the possibility of purchasing a certificate without attending classes and passing exams.
Demand creates supply. This situation is no exception. In our society, unfortunately, corruption is invincible. For the sake of selfish personal gain, officials, using their official position, commit various administrative and sometimes criminal crimes in exchange for bribes.
If desired, they find an opportunity to obtain a fake certificate for money via the Internet.
However, when taking this step, you should think about whether it is worth doing.
Not only his life and health depend on the person sitting behind the wheel, but also the passengers nearby in the cabin, strangers, road users, including pedestrians.
While the moral side of the issue is unlikely to stop those who believe that having money puts them above others, allowing them to circumvent generally accepted norms, there is another side of the consequences.
For a fake document, its bearer can not only be fined a significant amount - up to 80 thousand rubles, but according to Art. 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, upon a court verdict, subject to a more severe punishment in the form of:
- arrest for six months;
- restrictions on freedom or even deprivation of it and forced labor for up to 2 years.
Which driving schools issue certificates?
Educational institutions authorized to issue documents that have legal force on the receipt of driver qualifications by graduates can have any legal form of ownership.
Regardless of whether a driving school is public, private, or created on the basis of another educational institution, the main criterion for assessing the legality of its activities is the availability of a license to provide educational services.
So that in the future, after completing the driving course, there will be no problems if you want to get a license from the State Traffic Inspectorate, we recommend checking the legitimacy of the driving school before concluding a training agreement and making payment.
This can be done on the official website of the traffic police, at the same time specifying the location of the driving school, information about work training programs, the website address where you can find out all the details of the provision of services, and contact phone numbers.
How to recover a lost certificate from a driving school
If the certificate is lost or stolen, it will need to be restored in order to be allowed to take the exam. You can do this in two ways:
- contact the driving school:
- submit a request to the traffic police.
The easiest option is to go to a driving school. But this is only possible if the establishment has not yet closed and has not lost its state license for professional driver training. If the school is still operating, a copy of the certificate is kept in its archives. To issue a duplicate, the former student may be required to provide documents confirming the training: a payment receipt or a copy of the agreement concluded with the driving school.
If the school is closed, then you should contact the traffic police MREO. An MREO employee has the opportunity to send a request to the Federal Register of Education Documents. If there is information in the register, then the driving school graduate will be issued a duplicate certificate of vocational training. If such information is not there, you will have to go through the training again.
In both cases, the applicant will not have to pay anything. According to the law, the issuance of duplicate education certificates is free of charge.
Documents issued upon completion of training at a driving school
Since the main purpose of studying at a driving school is the desire to obtain a driver’s license, after completing the training, in order to pass exams at the State Traffic Inspectorate, the graduate may be given, in addition to a certificate:
- driver's card;
- examination paper;
- medical certificate.
Since 2000, driver cards issued by a driving school or at a driving course where driving was taught have lost their relevance.
Today, based on the requirements for obtaining a driver’s license given in Government Decree No. 1097 (as amended on December 20, 2019), this document is not required.
The purpose of such a card was supposed to be presented when replacing a driver's license.
The document states:
- name of the medical institution, number, date of receipt of a certificate confirming the suitability of health to drive transport;
- information about training in a driving school, according to the issued certificate;
- registration number and date of issue of driver's license;
- department of the inspection that issued the certificate for the right to drive transport.
Sample driver's card
Closed driving schools
Many driving schools have opened in recent years. Due to high competition, they were forced to reduce tuition prices. However, many of them closed after one or two years of operation.
When a one-day driving school closes, all documents and archives about its students are lost. The traffic police will also not store information for a long time. It turns out that if you delay taking the exam, then you may simply not be admitted.
It will be very difficult to prove that you are right, because you will have nowhere to get a duplicate certificate.
If you are “lucky” to study at one of these institutions, then you need to act very quickly. Immediately after receiving the certificate, go take exams at the traffic police. If you do not do this, information about you may be lost.
In this case, you will have to go to court to try to protect your rights. But here too a problem arises. If the company you paid for your training closes, you will not be able to file a claim.
My advice is not to study at a driving school that has only recently opened. You may save money, but you will also have problems later.
How much time is given to pass the traffic police exam after driving school?
As a rule, having successfully completed a training course at a driving school, a group that has received the appropriate certificate takes the driver's license exam at the State Traffic Inspectorate on the agreed day.
Life situations can develop differently, and if it is not possible to pass the traffic police exams with everyone, this is not a reason for despair.
Without repeated training, you can submit an application with a medical certificate and a certificate of completion of a driving school at any time, that is, after a year, two or 10 years.
It is only important to successfully pass the theory and be admitted to the second stage of the exam - practical driving skills and performing the necessary maneuvers.
Deadlines for retaking exams:
| Test questions on theory on a computer | Driving practice using traffic rules |
| During the first 3 attempts to pass the test, if you fail, you can take the exam again after a week of preparation. | If the test is not passed, the candidate is not allowed to obtain a driver's license for the second stage of the exam. |
| You can get tested 4 and subsequent times in a month. | If you successfully pass the theoretical part, if you fail the driving test, you can repeat it in a week. If driving is not passed on the 3rd attempt, a retake is scheduled only after a month. |
The results of a successfully passed test are taken into account when retaking the driving test only within 180 days.
If during this time you do not master the basics of driving a vehicle to obtain a license, you will have to take the exams again.
Frequently asked questions
Everyone’s situation is different, but we want to get solutions to problems faster. Therefore, we have collected the most relevant answers to questions regarding the certificate of successful completion of driving courses and provided detailed answers to them.
How much time do you have to pass the traffic police exam?
There is no need to worry that you will not have time to pass the exams and the Certificate will become invalid. This document has no expiration date, and therefore you can take exams for an unlimited time, even for years. However, be prepared that the acquired vehicle driving skills will gradually be lost.
How long does the theory exam in the traffic police last?
The theory exam results are valid for six months. If during this time you were unable to pass the driving test, you will have to answer theoretical questions again; this cannot be avoided. As a rule, it is not necessary to present documents from a driving school each time.
Where can I get a certificate?
You can get a “Driver Profession Certificate” (that’s what the document is called correctly) in the place where you studied. If the school is no longer functioning, you need to apply for a duplicate from the Ministry of Education.
Is it possible to buy a certificate
This is not a good idea - traffic police officers will check the document for authenticity. But even if you act through a driving school, which will take the risk of providing false documents, the cost of issuing such a certificate will be comparable to the cost of training, and in many cases will even significantly exceed it.
Do I need a certificate if I change my license?
This document is needed only once: when passing the exam at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate to obtain the right to drive a motor vehicle. Therefore, when replacing a driving license due to its expiration, traffic police officers do not have the right to demand from you a certificate of completion of a driving school; they will only need a medical certificate.
The school closed and I didn’t have time to pass my exams: what should I do now?
Proceed according to the usual algorithm: take a document about becoming a driver and go with it to the traffic police. If it is genuine, and the educational institution has a license, then there will be no problems with the examination.
How to restore a certificate
The easiest way is to contact the driver's school with a request to issue a duplicate. If it has already closed, you can contact the Ministry of Education to restore documents. According to Russian laws, all documentation is transferred there, including students’ personal files. You only need to take your passport with you. You can find out about the cost of the service there; sometimes it is even provided for free.
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How is a certificate restored if it has been lost?
By and large, a certificate obtained upon completion of a driving school is only needed to be able to pass exams for a driver’s license of a certain category at the State Traffic Inspectorate.
If for some reason the license was not obtained immediately and after a while you decide to drive a vehicle, if you lose the document on the completed professional training, the document must be restored.
First of all, you can contact the driving school where you completed your training directly.
If the data is saved, the applicant is given a duplicate document. In situations where a fairly long period of time has passed or the school is closed, you should submit a written application and a passport or other identification document to the Ministry of Education, where all documentation, including student personal files, should be kept in the archives.
The cost of the service can be clarified on site, but most often the information is provided free of charge.
In the event that the driving school had the appropriate license to train drivers, but is not functioning at the time of submitting the application to the State Traffic Inspectorate, the candidate will be admitted to the exams regardless of the availability of the required documents.
As for replacing a license after the statute of limitations has expired or in other situations, a driving school certificate is not needed.
If you are unlawfully required to present a certificate of completion of a driving school, you can appeal the inspector’s actions by referring to clause 30 of Government Decree No. 1097, which lists an exhaustive list of documents for replacing a driver’s license.
How to pick up documents from a driving school
Anything can happen while studying at a driving school. For example, someone decides to move to another area or even another city. What should I do? Don't rush around from there to get your license. Sometimes it's easier to change exam divisions. This is easy to do - you just need to disconnect from the educational institution and then you will receive all the documents in your hands.
Usually, after a driver candidate has successfully demonstrated knowledge of traffic rules and driving skills in internal tests and has been admitted to the traffic police exams, nothing else connects him with the driving school. Some educational institutions don’t even do retakes; for others, each additional attempt to pass the traffic police exam will cost you 1,500 rubles or more (this is the fee for renting a school car on the day of the exam).
If you want to take exams under the auspices of a driving school, then you do not need to register with the traffic police yourself. It's comfortable. However, due to the pandemic, the traffic police have significantly reduced the allowed number of people taking the exam. As a result, students are forced to wait longer than usual for their turn to take the test.
If you don’t want to wait a long time for the exam at the traffic police, you can always disconnect from the educational institution and sign up to take it yourself. All you need to do is contact the driving school and receive a certificate of completion.
For students of the driving school “HIVE!”
In order to pick up documents, you must indicate your desire in a letter to
You must successfully pass internal exams and pay the full amount of the training agreement. Also check that your graduation date has already arrived.
After receiving a letter from the driving school manager that the documents are ready, during office hours you can drive up to the driving school with your passport and receive documents confirming your graduation from the driving school.
Please note that if you have not submitted the original medical certificate, then without it you will not be able to receive documents (since the driving school must record the medical certificate number in order to issue you a Driving School Completion Certificate). Accordingly, be sure to bring a valid medical certificate if you have not already done so.
By the way, the driving school “HIVE!” never delays the documents of his students. But, unfortunately, this practice does not apply in all educational institutions for future drivers. Sometimes driving schools deliberately take time before handing you a document, or even extort money. The amount that scammers request for paperwork on deductions reaches up to 5-6 thousand rubles!
There is an exit. First, you need to request documents from the administration about graduating from a driving school, not orally, but in writing. If the application is not accepted, send the request by registered mail with a list of the contents and receipt of receipt. In your application, request that documents be issued to you within 5 business days.
Read the signed contract carefully. It is possible that the driving school insists on issuing documents for self-passing exams at the traffic police, because it simply wants to make money from you: the contract probably stipulates a requirement for additional hours of driving in case of failure in the exam. Ransomware driving schools often use this trick, which is why it is so important to read the contract before signing. But if the requirements for additional classes apply to exams in the traffic police, then they are illegal. So feel free to write a complaint to the traffic police/Ministry of Education/Prosecutor's Office. You can find something to “find fault with” in any educational institution, and they don’t need problems with higher authorities. Often, only the voiced idea of writing a full-fledged complaint is the magic key to the documents.
Changes from April 1, 2021
From April 1, 2021, when a student is expelled from a driving school, the traffic police will conduct a procedure for canceling the application for passing the exams
. The process lasts from 1 to 7 working days.
What does it mean?
If the student has completed his studies at the “HIVE!” driving school, paid the state fee and successfully passed the internal exams, then his documents are transferred to the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow (Vernisazhnaya St., 1, building 1). Within 1-7 working days, an application for this student to take the exams is generated there.
If for some reason a student decides to withdraw documents from the driving school and take the exams individually, then his application to take the exams in this traffic police department is canceled. The process takes from 1 to 7 working days
, during which the student
will not be able to take exams
either in this traffic police department or in any other.
Similarly, the application of those who have already started taking exams at the traffic police and decided to withdraw is canceled. In this case, all results of passing exams at the traffic police will be reset when the application is cancelled. That is, the student will have to retake the exam from the first stage
(theory and then practice).
After completing the procedure for canceling the application, the student of the “HIVE!” driving school can submit documents to any department of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Russian Federation.
However, we really hope that the learning process at the driving school will bring you only positive emotions, and you will go through it with us to the end.
