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Most C+E drivers around Lichfield who cannot start next week are held up by paperwork rather than driving — a lapsed CPC, an out-of-date tacho card or a medical due. We check all of it at registration, then place you.
C+E driver jobs around Lichfield are Class 1 roles on artics and drawbars. You need category C+E, a valid Driver CPC (35 hours of periodic training every five years), a digital tachograph card and a current D4 medical. Rates near Lichfield typically run £18.00—£24.00 an hour, more on night trunk. WSUK checks your documents at registration, pays weekly through PAYE, and never charges you anything.
Lichfield (WS13/WS14) is anchored to one of the Midlands' biggest logistics hubs: Fradley Park, a 300-plus-acre distribution and industrial estate on the A38 just 4.5 miles from the M6 Toll (T5). Occupiers include DHL, Screwfix, Tesco, Yodel and a large ASOS fulfilment operation, putting some 85% of the UK within a 4.5-hour HGV drive via the A38's links to the M6, M42, M40, M1 and A50. Closer to the city, Britannia Enterprise Park and the Wall Island area carry trade, warehousing and manufacturing units. Positioned between Burton upon Trent, Tamworth and Birmingham, Lichfield channels heavy rigid and articulated flows through Fradley toward national RDCs, making it one of Staffordshire's busiest distribution gateways.
That concentration drives constant demand to fill temporary driving jobs. Retail and e-commerce fulfilment at Fradley needs Class 1 (C+E) trunking drivers; 3PL and warehousing operators call for Class 2 (C) drivers; and store, trade-counter and urban deliveries suit 7.5t (C1) and multi-drop van drivers. Volumes surge around retail peaks, promotional pushes and holiday absence, when one empty cab stalls a fulfilment line. WSUK supplies vetted Lichfield drivers for temporary cover, ongoing contracts and multi-driver mobilisations, with DVLA licence and CPC checks, right-to-work verification, PAYE payroll and tacho and working-time compliance handled up front, scaling crews up or down as Fradley volumes dictate.
Before you get near a cab, an operator checks four things. Getting these straight is usually the difference between starting next week and waiting a month.
C+E on the photocard, checked against a DVLA licence check code. Points, disqualifications and any restriction codes get looked at, and some insurers cap total points.
A valid Driver Qualification Card, backed by 35 hours of periodic training every five years, plus an in-date digital tachograph driver card. Both are hard stops if they have expired.
A D4 medical is required for the licence and again at renewal, more often past 45. Operators also ask how long you have held C+E, because insurers price new passes differently.
From our Midlands base we fill temporary driving jobs across Lichfield (WS13/WS14) and its estates - Fradley Park, Britannia Enterprise Park and Wall Island - supplying Class 1, Class 2, 7.5t and van drivers to RDCs, 3PLs and manufacturers on the A38 and M6 Toll for cover, peaks and short-notice shifts, backed by a single local point of contact.
The route is a car licence first, then a provisional C entitlement with a D4 medical, the category C test, and then the C+E test. Since 2021 there has also been a route that lets some candidates test for C+E without holding C for long, though not every training provider or insurer treats it the same way. Keeping it is the part people lose: 35 hours of CPC every five years, a tacho card renewed every five, and a medical at renewal. Tell us your dates and we will flag anything before it stops you working.
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 |
|---|---|
| C+E Driver (days) | £18.00–£22.00 / hr |
| C+E Driver (nights) | £19.00–£26.00 / hr |
| C+E Tramping (plus nights out) | £18.00–£23.00 / hr |
| C+E with ADR | £19.00–£25.00 / hr |
| C+E Yard Shunter | £17.00–£20.00 / hr |
This page is for drivers sorting the paperwork as much as the work — new passes, returners whose CPC has lapsed, and drivers who want their documents checked before they apply.
We check your documents properly at registration, so you find out about a problem from us rather than from an operator turning you away.
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.
Most areas have several options — some GP surgeries, private driver-medical clinics and a number of national providers that run booked sessions locally. Around Lichfield it is usually possible to get one within a week or two. We will tell you what drivers we place near Lichfield are currently using.
Not until you have completed the 35 hours, because commercial driving over 3.5 tonnes requires a valid CPC. The hours can be done in five seven-hour blocks and providers near Lichfield run them regularly, including DVSA-approved live online courses. Tell us your position and we will line work up for when you are valid.
An articulated lorry, or a rigid vehicle with a drawbar trailer — in other words a Class 1 vehicle. You must hold category C before you can hold C+E, and for commercial driving you also need a Driver CPC and a digital tachograph card.
Yes. C+E is the formal licence category; Class 1 is the industry name for the same thing. A job advertised for a C+E driver and one advertised for a Class 1 driver want identical entitlement.
You need 35 hours of approved periodic training every five years, taken in blocks of at least seven hours. National Driver CPC covers driving within the UK only; if you drive commercially into Europe you need International Driver CPC. Let your CPC lapse and you cannot drive commercially until you have completed the hours.
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Send us your licence, CPC and medical dates. We will tell you what needs sorting and what is live around Lichfield, within 2 working hours.