DEALER OPERATOR COURSE


The path to a Dealer-operator license begins with a required two-day course of study each month at various community colleges in Virginia with the curriculum and instruction provided by VIADA.

The course takes the attendee from establishing the dealership under local zoning and Dealer Board requirements, through the sales process with its multitude of forms, laws and regulations, in to a sampling of opening and operating expenses, and ending with a discussion on ethics.

The course is open to all existing dealers and their employees.

The course offers 1.6 continuing education credits transferable to any college.

Date College Contact Information
2012
Feb 07-08 Paul D Camp Franklin Renee Brown
757-569-6050
www.pdc.edu/workforce-development
Feb 21-22 Greenfield Education & Training Center Registration
540-966-3984
www.virginiawestern.edu/workforce/GreenfieldCenter.php
Mar 06-07 Northern Virginia Reston Claire Wynn
703-450-2551
www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/continuing
Mar 20-21 New River Dublin Patty Ryan
540-674-3633
www.nr.edu/workforce/
Apr 03-04 Lord Fairfax Middletown Registration
540-868-7021
www.lfccworkforce.edu
Apr 17-18 Community College Workforce Alliance Richmond Sandy Jones
804-523-2292
www.ccwa.vccs.edu
May 01-02 Thomas Nelson Hampton Registration
757-825-2937
www.tncc.edu
May 15-16 Blue Ridge Weyers Cave Registration
540-453-2215
www.brcc.edu
Jun 05-06 Germanna Fredericksburg Susan Brown
540-891-3012
www.germanna.edu/workforce
Jun 19-20 Danville Community College Donna Agee
434-797-6437
www.dcc.vccs.edu/workforce
Jul 10-11 Northern Virginia Reston Claire Wynn
703-450-2551
www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/continuing
Aug 07-08 Greenfield Education & Training Center Registration
540-966-3984
www.virginiawestern.edu/workforce/GreenfieldCenter.php
Aug 21-22 Piedmont Virginia Charlottesville Maggie Myers
434-961-5495
mmyers@pvcc.edu
Sep 11-12 Tidewater Suffolk Registration
757-822-1234
www.tcc.edu/wd
Sep 25-26 Lord Fairfax Warrenton Patricia Leister
540-251.1524
www.lfccworkforce.com
Oct 09-10 Community College Workforce Alliance Richmond Sandy Jones
804-523-2292
www.ccwa.vccs.edu
Oct 23-24 Northern Virginia Reston Claire Wynn
703-450-2551
www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/continuing
Nov 13-14 Blue Ridge Weyers Cave Registration
540-453-2215
www.brcc.edu
Nov 27-28 Germanna Fredericksburg Susan Brown
540-891-3012
www.germanna.edu/workforce
Dec 11-12 Lord Fairfax Middletown Registration
540-868-7021
www.lfccworkforce.com

Before attending the Dealer-operator class, the following is recommended:
  1. If you are going to start a new dealership, request a “New Dealer Package” from the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board (MVDB) at 804-367-1100 (in Richmond 367-1100).
  2. This package will contain a Salesperson and a Dealer- operator Study Guide for you to review. It will also have the paperwork needed to apply for a license and a step-by-step procedure for opening the dealership.
  3. If you currently have a salesperson license, and need to up grade to a Dealer-operator certificate of qualification, you can obtain the Dealer-operator Study Guide from your local DMV Customer Service Center. You will not have to take the salesperson part of the exam at DMV, after completing the Dealer-operator course, only the Dealer-operator portion is required.
  4. If you have access to the Internet, you can go to www.mvdb.virginia.gov and select “Dealer and Salesperson”. Then select “Practice Salesperson Test” it will give you ten questions to answer. Select “Take Another Exam” and you will get ten questions that are different. “View Manual” will give you the Salesperson and Dealer-operator Study Guides online.
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  5. When attending the Dealer-operator class, please bring pencil or pen and a good calculator with which you are comfortable. Classes start at 8:30 AM and end around 4:00 PM.
  6. The course test will be given at the end of instruction on the second day. You must pass this test with a grade of 80% before taking the final exam at a DMV Customer Service Center. Those who do not pass will be required to retake the course at a future time. An additional fee is required.
Further information may be obtained from the MVDB or the VIADA staff at the above numbers.
 

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