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Sectors we supply drivers and staff to

Ten sectors, each with its own vehicles, tickets and shift patterns. Pick yours to see what the work involves and what we check.

Two lorries leaving a port terminal beneath quayside cranes

The same licence can lead to very different work. A Class 1 driver might run pallets on a fixed daily route, pull fridge trailers overnight or carry containers from a port, and the client in each case asks for something different: a card, a ticket, a site induction or experience of a particular vehicle.

The sector pages set out the vehicles, the licences and tickets, the shift patterns and the checks for each kind of work, and answer the questions drivers and transport managers ask.

Ten sectors

  • General haulage

    Artic and rigid drivers for pallets and loose freight, on fixed runs, part loads and full loads.

    Class 1 HGV driver, Class 2 HGV driver, Shunter, Transport planner

  • Retail distribution

    Store deliveries from regional distribution centres: multi-drop rounds, roll cages, tail lifts and peak cover.

    Class 1 HGV driver, Class 2 HGV driver, 7.5 tonne driver, Warehouse operative

  • Parcels and courier

    Van and 7.5 tonne drivers for multi-drop rounds, hub trunking, parcel sorting and same-day runs.

    Van driver, 7.5 tonne driver, Class 1 HGV driver, Warehouse operative

  • Food and chilled

    Fridge trailers and rigids: chilled, frozen and ambient loads, multi-temperature rounds and food-service deliveries.

    Class 1 HGV driver, Class 2 HGV driver, 7.5 tonne driver, Van driver

  • Construction and tipper

    Tipper and tipper-artic drivers for aggregates, muck away and materials to site.

    Class 2 HGV driver, Tipper driver, Class 1 HGV driver, Shunter

  • Fuel and tanker

    ADR tanker drivers for fuel and bulk liquids, from terminal loading to forecourt and depot deliveries.

    ADR tanker driver, Class 2 HGV driver, Class 1 HGV driver, Transport planner

  • Ports and containers

    Class 1 container drivers and port shunters: skeletal trailers, terminal gates and round-the-clock shifts.

    Class 1 HGV driver, Shunter, Class 2 HGV driver, Transport planner

  • Waste and recycling

    Rigid drivers for refuse collection, skip and hook loaders, grab lorries and tippers.

    Class 2 HGV driver, Tipper driver, Class 1 HGV driver, Shunter

  • Manufacturing and automotive

    Line-side deliveries and time-critical runs between factories, suppliers and assembly plants.

    Class 1 HGV driver, Class 2 HGV driver, 7.5 tonne driver, Van driver

  • Warehousing and 3PL

    Forklift and reach truck drivers, pickers, packers and loaders for warehouses and 3PL sites.

    Counterbalance forklift driver, Reach truck driver, Warehouse operative, Shunter

Book cover in your sector

Give us the sector, the vehicle, the licence category, the start time and the shift length. We come back on who can cover it.