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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 Burton upon Trent, on weekly PAYE pay.
C1 driver jobs around Burton upon Trent 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 Burton upon Trent run £13.00—£15.00 an hour, paid weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Burton upon Trent's freight economy is anchored by the flagship Centrum 100 business park off the A38, where national occupiers including brewing, drinks and logistics operators run high-volume distribution, alongside the Wellington Road Industrial Estate and the Branston area. As the historic capital of British brewing, the town generates enormous outbound beverage traffic from operators such as Molson Coors and Marston's, whose packaging and distribution volumes reflect national and international reach. Branston adds food-manufacturing freight, while distribution centres for major retail and health-and-beauty names cluster around the A38 dual carriageway. The A38 links Burton to Derby and the M1 to the north and Birmingham and the M6 to the south, with the A50 running east to the M1 and East Midlands hubs. This concentration of brewing, food and retail distribution keeps driver demand strong across all classes.
Burton's beverage, food and retail distributors face pronounced seasonal swings — summer and festive drinks peaks, promotional runs and holiday absence all leave transport teams short of drivers. WSUK fills temporary driving jobs with Class 1 (C+E) drivers for trunking and bulk beverage haulage, Class 2 (C) drivers for rigid drayage and store deliveries, 7.5-tonne (C1) drivers, and van and multi-drop drivers for local distribution across DE13 and DE14. Every driver clears DVLA licence checks, CPC verification and right-to-work before starting, and we manage PAYE payroll with tacho and working-time compliance. From covering a single shift to building a large seasonal team, we scale supply to match your production and delivery schedules.
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 Burton upon Trent and the DE13 and DE14 area, including Centrum 100, Wellington Road Industrial Estate and Branston, plus nearby Lichfield, Derby and Cannock. We supply temporary HGV and van drivers to breweries, food producers, RDCs and hauliers along the A38 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 Burton upon Trent 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 Burton upon Trent.
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 Burton upon Trent. Reply within 2 working hours.