Run your ATF lane from the same system as your workshop. Book DVSA test days and lane slots, see the month and the day at a glance, track prep rechecks and pass rates, email customers their booking, and raise the workshop job that invoices the test, without re-keying anything.
Most ATFs juggle DVSA test days in one system, bookings in a diary and invoicing somewhere else. VAPTA puts the lane, the customer, the vehicle and the invoice in one place.
Set up your DVSA test days and book vehicles into lane slots, so you can see exactly which slots are filled and which are still open to sell.
A month calendar for planning test days ahead, and a day view for the lane controller showing each booking in order.
Annual tests, retests and the other test types you offer, each with its own fee and pit or setup charges, so every booking is priced correctly.
Uses the customers and vehicles already in your VAPTA workshop. Search any booking by customer, registration or date.
Send customers confirmation of their test booking by email, so fewer vehicles turn up on the wrong day or not at all.
Track in-house prep and rechecks before the test, and see your pass rates over time so you can spot where vehicles are failing.
Turn a booking into a VAPTA workshop job to carry out pre-test prep and invoice the test, with the customer and vehicle already filled in.
Invoices raised in VAPTA export to Xero, Sage and QuickBooks, so test income reaches your accounts without double entry.
ATF Lane Manager is a module in VAPTA Workshop. Turn it on in your settings, and it appears for office staff and lane controllers.
Book the lane, prep the vehicle, record the result and raise the invoice — and see the totals for the day as you go. Every booking is tied to the customer, the vehicle and the workshop job that bills it.
Site: Main WorkshopExample data| Time | Details | Duration | Fee | Pit fee | Extras | Prep | Result | Invoice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 09:00 | TRUCK 07 Tractor unit · Annual testExample Haulage Ltd | 60 mins | £91.00 | £45.00 | — | ✓ | Pass | INV-3102 |
| 09:00 – 09:45 | T14 Tri-axle trailer · Annual testExample Haulage Ltd | 45 mins | £53.00 | £35.00 | Headlamp aim | ✓ | Pass | INV-3103 |
| 09:45 – 10:45 | TRUCK 11 4-axle tipper · Annual testNorthway Plant Hire | 60 mins | £91.00 | £45.00 | — | ✓ | PRS | INV-3104 |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | TRUCK 03 Tractor unit · Partial retestExample Haulage Ltd | 30 mins | £15.00 | £20.00 | — | ✓ | Fail | INV-3105 |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | ＋ Free · 45 mins — click to book | |||||||
| 12:00 – 12:30 | ☕ Lunch break | |||||||
| 12:30 – 13:30 | TRUCK 19 Tractor unit · Annual testRiverside Logistics | 60 mins | £91.00 | £45.00 | — | … | Booked | On completion |
| 13:30 – 15:30 | ＋ Free · 120 mins — click to book | |||||||
| Totals | 5 tests | 255 mins | £341.00 | £190.00 | 1 | 4 invoiced | ||
ATF Lane Manager was built alongside a commercial vehicle dealer workshop that runs its own ATF lane, replicating the booking system they relied on and then adding what it was missing. Like the rest of VAPTA, it was shaped by the people who use it, not by an office of software developers.
It is VAPTA's booking and lane management software for Authorised Testing Facilities. It manages DVSA test days, lane bookings, customers, vehicles and test charges, and links each test to a workshop job for invoicing.
No. You still arrange your test days with DVSA as you do now. ATF Lane Manager is where you then fill those days with customer bookings, run the lane and invoice the tests.
ATF Lane Manager is a module of VAPTA Workshop, so bookings, jobs and invoices all live in one system. Talk to us if you only want to manage your lane to start with.
Yes. You set up the test types your lane offers and the charges for each, and book any vehicle in your customer list against them.
Yes. Send us your customer and vehicle lists and our team will help you set up your test types, charges and test days.
See how test days, lane bookings, customer emails and invoicing come together in VAPTA's ATF Lane Manager.
