vision

"Leaders in ensuring that SAFE VEHICLES SAVE LIVES everyday"

mission

We will strive to constantly improve our service in support of quality vehicle testing to world class standards.

We will embrace the highest standards of professionalism and integrity in our approach to our customers.

We will foster team work and responsibility , in a fair and respectful environment, which recognizes the contribution of all our employees.

quality policy

We are committed to quality and we demonstrate this by:

• Establishing the exact requirements of our customers and stake-holders
• By satisfying or exceeding these requirements within the law
• By having a zero tolerance against deviation from these requirements
• By measuring the cost of non-conformance
• By achieving continual improvement in our key processes

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profile

AVTS Roadworthy Stations is a privately owned vehicle testing operation based in Cape Town. It was originally established in 1992 as the Airport Vehicle Testing Station, and became well-known as a pioneer in the industry.

The station at the Airport was the first of it's kind in the Cape Peninsula. It is the biggest private test station in the country, with it's entire road test area on the premises.

AVTS and it's branches are situated in various strategic positions in and around Cape Town. All branches are wholly owned by AVTS.

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ISO 9001:2001

ISO 9000 is an international standard for quality management systems. It focuses the organisation to establish what the customer wants, and uses quality management principles to satisfy their expectations.

We have embarked on the path to ISO 9000 to improve our service delivery to customers and have been successfully evaluated against this standard.

26 members of our management and staff were also trained by Pentech (Centre for Continuing Education) in the understanding of ISO and it's implementation.

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sabs

All vehicle testing stations in South Africa are required to be registered with the Department of Transport, and this devolved to the Premier of the Western Cape. In terms of the Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996, the appointed inspectorate of Vehicle Testing Stations is the SABS (South African Bureau of Standards).

The SABS evaluates each test station for compliance with SABS 0216 and the Road Traffic Act and Regulations. It achieves this by annual audits, ad-hoc inspections, review of customer complaints and inspection of test vehicles and acting as a watch dog body.

All our test stations have been in total compliance since opening. The South African Bureau of Standards and the Provincial Administration of the Western Cape, under whose licence we operate, has had no reason to withdraw the registration of any AVTS test station since opening the first test station in 1992

rmi member

AVTS are founding members of the NVTA (National Vehicle Testing Association), which is the 13th constituent association of the Retail Motor Industries. We abide by the orginisation's code of conduct, and we are therefore supported by a credible support structure, which is committed to ensuring that all customer complaints are resolved.