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Picking and packing shifts around Lichfield come up constantly, especially through peak. WSUK tells you the site, the shift and the actual pick target before you accept — then pays you weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Picker packer jobs around Lichfield involve selecting items from racking against an order, usually to an RF scanner or voice headset, then packing them for despatch. No experience is needed and training is given on shift. WSUK places pickers and packers near Lichfield at £12.71—£14.25 an hour, more on nights, paid weekly through PAYE. It never costs you anything to apply.
Lichfield anchors the northern Midlands logistics belt where the A38 and A5 meet the M6 Toll at T5, giving fast, congestion-light access to the M6, M42 and the wider motorway network. Its warehouse ecosystem is dominated by Fradley Park, a 300-plus-acre distribution location off the A38 with major occupiers including DHL, Screwfix, Tesco, Yodel and Palletways, now expanding through the Fradley Link scheme. Britannia Enterprise Park and the Trent Valley industrial areas add further capacity, while the town serves manufacturers, parcel networks and retail distributors. With Tamworth's Relay Park, Cannock's Kingswood Lakeside and Burton upon Trent all nearby, the surrounding cluster generates continuous demand for warehouse and forklift labour across the A38 corridor.
Retail distribution and parcel networks of this scale run to seasonal and promotional rhythms, so Lichfield employers regularly need to fill temporary warehouse and forklift roles. WSUK supplies pickers, packers, goods-in and goods-out operatives, loaders, warehouse labourers and counterbalance, reach and PPT FLT drivers for peak trading, sickness and holiday cover and short-notice shifts. We handle vetting, right-to-work verification, PAYE payroll and working-time compliance, and we scale teams up for a peak or new contract on Fradley Park then back down, so site managers protect despatch schedules without permanent overheads sitting idle between busy periods.
It is straightforward work but it is measured and it is physical. Here is what the three parts of it actually involve so you can decide before you start.
The scanner sends you to a location, you confirm the item by barcode, take the quantity and it routes you onward. Accuracy is checked automatically, so a mis-pick is visible immediately.
A headset reads locations to you and you speak back a check digit, which keeps both hands free. Batch and wave picking means collecting several orders in one pass.
Packing to a written spec, choosing the right box, protecting fragile items, labelling and manifesting. Accuracy beats speed here because a packing error becomes a return.
WSUK covers Lichfield and the A38 corridor, from Fradley Park and Britannia Enterprise Park to the Trent Valley estates. We also reach Tamworth, Cannock and Burton upon Trent the same day, supplying temporary warehouse operatives and FLT drivers to distribution, parcel and 3PL sites whenever your volumes rise or absence bites.
Nearly every site sets a target and most new starters take a week or two to reach it. A typical ambient site expects somewhere around 80—150 lines an hour once you are up to speed, but it varies enormously with the product, the layout and whether you are picking singles or cases. We will tell you the actual number for a site before you accept the shift, and whether there is a bonus attached to beating it.
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 |
|---|---|
| Picker (days) | £12.71–£13.75 / hr |
| Packer (days) | £12.71–£13.75 / hr |
| Picker / Packer (nights) | £13.50–£15.00 / hr |
| RF Scanner Picker | £12.71–£14.25 / hr |
| Pick Team Leader | £14.00–£16.50 / hr |
Picking and packing suits people who would rather be moving than sitting, who want to start quickly, and who do not mind work that is counted.
Pick-rate targets are the single biggest reason people leave a warehouse job in week one. We would rather tell you the number upfront.
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.
They peak sharply. Sites around Lichfield take on the most pickers and packers between September and January for the Q4 retail peak, and again around promotional events. There is steady year-round work too, but if you want volume of hours, peak is when it is there.
It varies by site and product — commonly somewhere around 80—150 lines an hour on ambient work once you are trained, with a ramp-up period of a week or two. We will give you the specific target for any Lichfield site before you accept the shift.
You select items from racking against a customer order, then pack them for despatch. Most sites pick to an RF scanner or a voice headset that routes you round the building and confirms each item by barcode or check digit. Packing means boxing the order to a written spec and labelling it.
It depends entirely on the site, the product and whether you are picking singles, cases or pallets. A typical ambient site works to somewhere around 80—150 lines an hour once you are trained, and new starters normally get one to two weeks to get there. We tell you the real number before you accept.
No. It is an entry-level role and training is given on your first shift. You need the right to work in the UK, safety boots and to be comfortable walking and lifting for a full shift.
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Tell us which shifts you can work around Lichfield. We will tell you the site, the rate and the pick target before you commit.