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Most C+E drivers around Raunds who cannot start next week are held up by paperwork rather than driving — a lapsed CPC, an out-of-date tacho card or a medical due.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 Raunds 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 Raunds 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.
Raunds punches well above its size in distribution terms, thanks to Warth Park - one of Northamptonshire's established big-box logistics estates, home to occupiers such as Howdens, DSV, DPD and Avery Dennison. The town sits on the A45, which feeds directly into the A14 at Junction 13, linking the Midlands to the Port of Felixstowe and the wider East Coast container trade. That eastbound corridor makes Raunds a natural staging point for trunk and container-transfer work. Surrounded by Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Wellingborough and Kettering, and close to the Kimbolton Road employment area, the town shares in the dense Nene Valley logistics cluster, where warehousing, kitchen manufacturing and parcel distribution generate steady HGV and van driving demand across NN9.
Big-box distribution runs on predictable throughput, so a single missing driver at Warth Park can stall loading schedules and back up trailers. WSUK fills temporary driving jobs across the full range - C+E Class 1 artics for trunking, Class 2 rigids, 7.5-tonne and van/multi-drop - with drivers ready to slot into shift patterns immediately. Before anyone starts we complete DVLA licence and CPC verification, right-to-work checks and reference screening. We handle PAYE payroll and keep tachograph and working-time compliance tight, removing the paperwork burden from your transport office. As container flows and retail volumes rise and fall, we scale your driver numbers to match, whether that's holiday cover or a full peak-season ramp.
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.
At Warth Park and along the Kimbolton Road, Raunds employers rely on WSUK when a trunk run needs covering or volumes outrun the rota. We understand the A45-A14 J13 corridor, the eastbound pull toward Felixstowe, and the big-box shift patterns that drive local demand - so our temporary drivers turn up prepared for the load.
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 Raunds it is usually possible to get one within a week or two. We will tell you what drivers we place near Raunds 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 Raunds 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 Raunds, within 2 working hours.