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C1 covers 3.5 to 7.5 tonne vehicles, and if you passed your car test before 1997 you may already hold it. WSUK places C1 drivers into multi-drop, home delivery and event work around Cannock, on weekly PAYE pay.
C1 driver jobs around Cannock cover vehicles from 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes — typically 7.5 tonne boxes and curtain-siders on multi-drop, home delivery and event work. Drivers who passed a car test before 1 January 1997 usually hold C1 automatically, though commercial driving still requires a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card. Rates near Cannock run £13.00—£15.00 an hour, paid weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Cannock's logistics profile is dominated by Kingswood Lakeside, a major distribution park just off the M6 Toll (T7) and around four miles from the M6 at Junction 11, whose occupiers include national names such as DHL, APC and Veolia running large-scale distribution. Further activity clusters at Hawks Green, Tom Hill and the Cannock Chase business estates, with the Black Country conurbations of Walsall and Wolverhampton close by adding manufacturing and general haulage traffic. The town's position where the M6, M6 Toll and A5 meet places it firmly in the West Midlands logistics belt, feeding trunking routes toward Birmingham, the Golden Triangle and the ports. E-commerce fulfilment, contract logistics, packaging and general distribution all operate here at scale, and with warehouse floorspace still expanding around Kingswood Lakeside, the need for HGV and delivery drivers remains consistently high.
The scale of distribution at Kingswood Lakeside and across Cannock means transport managers regularly need extra drivers — e-commerce peaks, contract mobilisations, sickness and holiday cover all create gaps at short notice. WSUK fills temporary driving jobs with Class 1 (C+E) drivers for trunking on the M6 and M6 Toll, Class 2 (C) drivers for rigid distribution, 7.5-tonne (C1) drivers, and van and multi-drop drivers for last-mile rounds across WS11 and WS12. Every driver is vetted with DVLA licence checks, CPC verification and right-to-work confirmation, and we run PAYE payroll with tacho and working-time compliance managed. From one shift to a full seasonal team, we scale driver supply to your throughput.
C1 sits in a useful gap: enough capacity to be worth sending, small enough to get into places an HGV cannot. That shapes the work.
Urban and suburban rounds with more volume than a van can carry but access an artic could never manage. Tail-lift and cage work is normal.
Two-person furniture, appliance and home delivery work, plus removals. Customer-facing, physical, and usually daytime.
Exhibition and event logistics, trade counter deliveries and mobile plant. Variable hours, often short intense runs around build-up and breakdown.
WSUK covers Cannock and the WS11 and WS12 area, including Kingswood Lakeside, Hawks Green and Tom Hill, plus nearby Walsall, Wolverhampton, Lichfield and Tamworth. We supply temporary HGV and van drivers to distribution parks, 3PLs and hauliers along the M6 and M6 Toll corridor, matching driver classes and shift patterns to each operator's routes and delivery windows.
Look at the back of your photocard. If C1 appears in the list of categories, you can already drive a 7.5 tonne vehicle — and if you passed your car test before 1 January 1997 it is very likely to be there, alongside a restricted C1+E. Two things to note: those pre-1997 entitlements have to be renewed at 70 with a medical, and driving commercially still requires a Driver CPC and a tacho card even though the licence itself came free. If you are not sure, send us your DVLA check code and we will tell you what you hold.
Indicative PAYE rates as a guide — actual pay varies by shift, experience and site, with premiums for nights, weekends and bank holidays. Every rate we advertise is at or above the National Living Wage.
| Role | Indicative pay |
|---|---|
| 7.5t (C1) Multi-Drop | £13.00–£14.50 / hr |
| 7.5t (C1) Home Delivery | £13.00–£14.50 / hr |
| 7.5t (C1) Nights | £13.75–£15.00 / hr |
| 7.5t (C1) Event & Trade | £13.00–£15.00 / hr |
| C1 with HIAB | £14.50–£16.50 / hr |
C1 suits drivers who want more than van work without taking an HGV test, and anyone with a pre-1997 licence who did not know they were already entitled.
A lot of people are entitled to C1 work and never use it. Checking takes us two minutes and can be worth a pound or two an hour.
From application to your first shift, with the checks and the payroll handled for you.
Tell us your licence, tickets and which shifts you can actually work.
A named consultant calls within 2 working hours to talk through what fits.
Right-to-work, references and the site induction handled before you start.
Start on shift, then paid weekly through PAYE with holiday accrued.
C1 work concentrates where vehicles need town-centre or residential access that an artic cannot manage — retail and trade counter deliveries, home delivery rounds and event logistics. Around Cannock it tends to be daytime work with regular start times.
If C1 is listed on your photocard, yes — but for commercial work you also need a valid Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card, which grandfather rights do not provide. Send us your check code and we will tell you exactly what you still need before applying for work near Cannock.
A goods vehicle between 3.5 and 7.5 tonnes — typically a 7.5 tonne box van or curtain-sider. C1+E extends that to a trailer, though pre-1997 holders usually have a restricted version of it with a combined weight limit.
If you passed your car test before 1 January 1997, very probably. Those drivers were granted C1 and a restricted C1+E automatically. Check the categories listed on the back of your photocard, or send us your DVLA check code and we will read it for you.
Yes, for commercial driving. The licence entitlement and the Driver CPC are separate things, so holding C1 through grandfather rights does not give you a CPC. You need 35 hours of periodic training every five years, plus a digital tachograph card.
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Send your DVLA check code and we will confirm what you can drive, then match you to work around Cannock. Reply within 2 working hours.