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Reach drivers are harder to find than counterbalance drivers around Bedworth, and the rate reflects it. WSUK places reach drivers at sites near Bedworth and tells you the aisle width and racking height before you accept, not after.
Reach truck jobs around Bedworth involve putting pallets away into high racking and letting them down to replenish the pick face, working aisles too narrow for a counterbalance. Sites near Bedworth want a current accredited reach certificate and normally real hours at height. WSUK places reach drivers around Bedworth at £13.50—£15.50 an hour, more on nights, paid weekly through PAYE, with no fee to you.
Bedworth sits in the tight industrial belt between Coventry and Nuneaton, wired into the M6 at Junction 3 via the A444 and only minutes from the A45 and the wider Golden Triangle. Bayton Road Industrial Estate in nearby Exhall is one of the largest commercial estates in north Warwickshire, while Bermuda Park off the A444 has drawn modern high-bay distribution units such as the 230,000 sq ft Nuneaton 230. Prologis and other logistics developers have added fulfilment-grade sheds close by, and the town's manufacturers, e-commerce sellers and third-party logistics (3PL) operators all draw on the same labour pool. With Coventry, Nuneaton, Hinckley and Rugby within a short drive, Bedworth is squarely inside the Midlands distribution heartland that keeps national supply chains moving.
Employers across these estates rarely run flat: retail peaks, contract wins, seasonal spikes and staff absence all create sudden gaps that need filling within hours, not weeks. WSUK supplies temporary warehouse and forklift teams — pickers, packers, loaders, goods-in/out operatives and counterbalance, reach and PPT FLT drivers — ready-inducted for busy Bedworth sites. We handle vetting, right-to-work checks, PAYE payroll and working-time compliance, so agency labour lands on your floor fully cleared and lawful. When volumes drop back after a peak, we scale the team down again just as quickly, giving local operators a flexible headcount that tracks real demand rather than a fixed cost.
Reach is a precision job more than a heavy one. Most of the difficulty is height, aisle discipline and working cleanly around pickers on foot.
Taking pallets from the goods-in marshalling area up into the racking, and bringing them back down to replenish the pick face. The bulk of most reach shifts.
Working at height in racking that commonly runs 8—12m and beyond. Placing a pallet cleanly on a top beam is the skill sites are actually paying for.
Narrow aisles mean working close to people on foot. Sites run strict segregation rules and will induct you on theirs before you drive.
WSUK covers Bedworth and the surrounding estates — Bermuda Park, Bayton Road and the Exhall and Longford corridors — plus neighbouring Coventry, Nuneaton, Hinckley and Rugby. Whether you need a single reach-truck driver for a short shift or a full picking and packing crew for a seasonal spike, we mobilise vetted temporary staff fast across the M6 J3 catchment.
A current accredited reach certificate is the baseline. Beyond that, most sites want evidence that you have real hours on a reach rather than a ticket taken years ago and never used, because placing a pallet on a top beam is a skill that fades. Expect a short practical assessment on your first shift and a familiarisation on the site layout, aisle widths and racking heights. If your ticket has lapsed we can usually sort a refresher.
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 |
|---|---|
| Reach Truck Driver (days) | £13.50–£15.00 / hr |
| Reach Truck Driver (nights) | £14.00–£15.50 / hr |
| Reach & Counterbalance (dual) | £14.00–£16.00 / hr |
| VNA / High-Level Driver | £14.00–£16.50 / hr |
| Warehouse Team Leader | £14.50–£18.00 / hr |
Reach work suits experienced forklift drivers who are comfortable at height and want the better end of warehouse rates without moving into transport.
Reach drivers get asked to cover counterbalance work at the counterbalance rate all the time. We book you as a reach driver and pay you as one.
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.
It varies a lot. Modern distribution sheds near Bedworth commonly run somewhere around 8—12m, while older units are lower. Because beam height changes the job considerably, we give you the actual figure for a specific site before you accept the shift.
Some. Chilled and frozen sites around Bedworth run reach trucks the same way ambient sites do, but the conditions and the PPE are different and the rate usually reflects it. We always flag whether a role is ambient, chilled or frozen before you accept.
Putting pallets away into high racking and bringing them down again, in aisles too narrow for a counterbalance. The mast reaches forward over the stabilising legs, which is what lets the truck work aisles of roughly 2.7—3.2m and lift well above the height a counterbalance manages.
Typically £13.50—£15.00 an hour on days and £14.00—£15.50 on nights. Drivers who hold reach and counterbalance and can be used on both usually sit at £14.00—£16.00, and VNA work pays more again.
Yes. Forklift training is truck-specific, so a counterbalance certificate does not cover you for reach. You need an accredited reach certificate from a body such as RTITB, ITSSAR, AITT or NPORS, plus a familiarisation on the site's own trucks.
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Tell us your ticket and the heights you have worked around Bedworth. We will reply within 2 working hours.