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Most C+E drivers around Nuneaton who cannot start next week are held up by paperwork rather than driving — a lapsed CPC, an out-of-date tacho card or a medical due.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 Nuneaton 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 Nuneaton 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.
Nuneaton sits on the historic A5 Watling Street with direct M6 access at Junction 3, placing it on the corridor between Coventry, Leicester and the Golden Triangle. The town's economy leans heavily on distribution and light manufacturing: Bermuda Park blends trade counters, retail sheds and logistics units, while Attleborough Fields and the Bowling Green Industrial Estate host warehousing, engineering and parcel operations. Holland & Barrett is headquartered locally, and the nearby MIRA Technology Park at Hinckley pulls automotive supply-chain traffic through the area. Rail links via Nuneaton station and the Birmingham-Peterborough line add freight capacity, while proximity to Bedworth, Coventry and Hinckley means drivers routinely cross the CV postcodes on multi-drop and trunk work every day.
When a Nuneaton operator loses a driver to illness or faces a seasonal surge, an empty cab quickly becomes missed deliveries and idle bays. WSUK fills temporary driving jobs across every class - C+E (Class 1) artics, C (Class 2) rigids, 7.5-tonne C1 and van/multi-drop - often at short notice. Every driver we place is vetted with DVLA licence and Driver CPC checks, right-to-work verification and reference screening before their first shift. We run PAYE payroll and manage tachograph and working-time compliance, so you avoid the admin and the risk. Whether you need one driver for a fortnight or a squad through a Christmas peak, we scale supply up and down as your demand moves.
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 Bermuda Park to Attleborough Fields, Nuneaton employers turn to WSUK when a driver calls in sick or a contract win outpaces the rota. We know the CV10 and CV11 industrial estates, the A5 and M6 J3 routes, and the mix of retail-distribution, parcel and manufacturing work that shapes local demand - so the temporary drivers we send arrive ready to work.
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 Nuneaton it is usually possible to get one within a week or two. We will tell you what drivers we place near Nuneaton 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 Nuneaton 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 Nuneaton, within 2 working hours.