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Most C+E drivers around Solihull who cannot start next week are held up by paperwork rather than driving — a lapsed CPC, an out-of-date tacho card or a medical due.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 Solihull 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 Solihull 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.
Solihull is one of the West Midlands' strongest logistics and manufacturing addresses, wrapped around the M42 between Junctions 4 and 6. Jaguar Land Rover's Lode Lane plant builds Range Rover here, pulling in a dense automotive supply chain of just-in-time component deliveries. Birmingham Airport sits on the doorstep with its air-freight operations, while the Birmingham Business Park, Blythe Valley Park and the Cranmore and Kingfisher estates house distribution, engineering and headquarters functions. The NEC and its constant events traffic add further movement. Bordered by Birmingham, Coventry and Warwick and served by fast M42, A45 and M6 links, Solihull generates continuous demand for HGV trunking, time-critical component runs and van multi-drop across its B90-B93 postcodes.
Just-in-time automotive and air-freight work leaves no slack, so an unfilled cab can idle a production line or miss a flight cut-off. WSUK fills temporary driving jobs across every class - C+E Class 1, C Class 2, 7.5-tonne C1 and van/multi-drop - with drivers who can start immediately. Each is vetted through DVLA licence and Driver CPC checks, right-to-work verification and reference screening before their first shift. We handle PAYE payroll and manage tachograph and working-time compliance, so the regulatory load stays with us, not your transport office. When model changeovers, air-freight peaks or absence shift your requirements, we scale driver numbers to suit - a single cover shift or a full team through a busy run.
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 JLR Lode Lane to Blythe Valley Park and Birmingham Business Park, Solihull employers turn to WSUK when a component run or airport delivery needs a driver and the rota is tight. We know the M42 J4-6 routes, the just-in-time automotive rhythm and the air-freight deadlines that shape local demand - so our temporary drivers arrive ready to perform.
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 Solihull it is usually possible to get one within a week or two. We will tell you what drivers we place near Solihull 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 Solihull 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.
WSUK serves employers across the Golden Triangle. Explore our other locations.
Send us your licence, CPC and medical dates. We will tell you what needs sorting and what is live around Solihull, within 2 working hours.