Occupational License Renewals

Get your paperwork together 
early to ensure that
your license renewals are
processed on time!

As your traffic safety education curriculum provider, Traffic Safety Consultants, Inc., (TSC) works to make the administrative tasks that all schools face as trouble-free as possible. Toward that end, this month we'd like to discuss the occupational licensing renewal process with you.

School and Operator Renewals

Recall that you must renew your traffic violator school/owner license and your traffic violator school operator license annually. (Instructor licenses must be renewed every three years; while you may serve in all three of those positions for your school, that will be a topic for another day.)

For owner/operator renewals, remember these helpful tips:

• Do not wait to get your renewal notice in the mail from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) before starting to assemble your renewal application. We recommend submitting your renewal eight (8) weeks prior to your license expiration date. This will allow for shipping problems and processing delays at the DMV.
• Make sure to start your 4-hour operator continuing education course in time to allow you to finish it comfortably and get your completion certificate in the mail. Remember that you'll receive a reminder email from us about taking the course, as well as a notice via your CA Course Provider administrative website (login required) that includes a link for discounted tuition for TSC affiliates.
• Include in your renewal application all required paperwork, including…
  • occupational licensing forms
    • OL 740
    • OL 45A
    • OL 142
    • OL 756
  • check(s) for renewal fees
    • currently $101, if the same person serves as the owner and operator
    • currently $101 for the school/owner and $76 for the operator, if separate
  • 4-hour operator course completion certificate

Modernized Renewal Process Coming

In a previous blog post, we alerted you that the DMV is in the midst of an initiative to launch improved online services for occupational licensees and applicants. TSC will share with you more detailed information as it becomes available, but be aware that it is likely to change—and significantly streamline—the license renewal process.

This new system, coming soon, will allow occupational licensees and applicants to use an online portal to:

• apply for, renew, or modify an occupational license
• make online payments
• receive helpful notifications about the status of applications and renewals