📋 Training syllabus: the Student Record Sheet
The 27 skills on Transport Malta's Student Record Sheet that you must master before the practical test, with the minimum level required for each.
When you apply for the practical test your instructor fills in Transport Malta's Student Record Sheet (B: SRS02, A: SRS01, C: SRS03, D: SRS04; version 4, March 2025). Each skill is rated 1–5; the grey box on the form is the minimum accepted level — if the instructor marks anything lower, the sheet is not accepted. A minimum of 6 hours of lessons is required.
Rating scale
- Introduction
- Under full instructions
- Prompted
- Seldom prompted
- Drives independently
Category B (car) — 27 skills
| Skill | Minimum level |
|---|---|
| 1. Controls and instruments | 5 — Drives independently |
| 2. Vehicle and safety checks | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 3. Moving off and stopping | 5 — Drives independently |
| 4. Mirrors and signals | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 5. Traffic signs, rules and regulations | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 6. Position on the road | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 7. Progress / use of gears | 3 — Prompted |
| 8. Hazard perception / awareness | 3 — Prompted |
| 9. Response to other road users | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 10. Junctions | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 11. Roundabouts | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 12. Multiple carriageway | 3 — Prompted |
| 13. Tunnels / driving at night | 3 — Prompted |
| 14. Driving in adverse weather | 3 — Prompted |
| 15. Pedestrian crossings | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 16. Observation skills | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 17. Lane discipline | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 18. Following distance | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 19. Hill start | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 20. Parking | 3 — Prompted |
| 21. Reversing straight | 3 — Prompted |
| 22. Reversing right / left | 3 — Prompted |
| 23. Turning in the road | 3 — Prompted |
| 24. Emergency stop | 3 — Prompted |
| 25. Clearance from obstructions | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 26. Crossing traffic | 4 — Seldom prompted |
| 27. Safe overtaking | 4 — Seldom prompted |
Use this list as your own checklist: after each lesson ask your instructor which level you have reached on each item. The items that require level 5 (controls, moving off/stopping) must be done completely independently.
Category C (lorry) — the first 19 items are the same as B, plus
- Reversing exercise
- Carriage of dangerous goods
- Payload / overloading
- Towing / reversing with trailers (CE)
- Coupling / uncoupling (CE)
The last three items: clearance from obstructions, crossing traffic, safe overtaking (level 4).
Category D (bus) — the first 19 items are the same as B, plus
- Reversing exercise
- Passenger comfort
- Bus stop exercise
- Overloading / number of passengers
- Emergency door exits
The last three items: clearance from obstructions, crossing traffic, safe overtaking (level 4).
Category A (motorcycle) — 27 skills
- Getting started
- Wheeling and use of stand
- Controls and instruments
- Moving off and braking
- Balance
- Mirrors
- Signals
- Signs and road markings
- Use of speed
- Response to road users
- Position on the road
- Junctions
- Roundabouts
- Pedestrian crossings
- Dual carriageway
- Planning
- Hazard perception
- Rear observations
- Hill start
- Tunnels / riding at night
- Riding in unstable weather
- Slalom / figure of eight
- Slow ride
- Protective equipment
- U-turn
- Hazard avoidance
- Controlled and emergency stop
