UK Trucking Careers

This section of the emerge site is probably the most useful if you are intending a career in the Trucking Industry. There are a surprising number of available roles within the industry. From office based to the very much hands on. We have selected just 8 job types. Whilst they provide an overview, we recommend following any useful links to find out more.

For those who would like to follow a career as a professional driver, their is an age barrier, but the Young Driver Scheme may be available to you. the following points do apply though.

• New trainees must be between their 16th and 21st birthdays. They should have no more than three penalty points on their licence.
• Trainees must be employed by a company registered with Skills for Logistics
• Trainees must be registered with an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) - a list is available from Skills for Logistics.
• A training plan will be agreed and monitored by the employer, trainee and the Approved Training Organisation.
• Induction and Health and Safety training will form a central requirement of the scheme.
• Assessment of trainees' skills will largely be done at work but there will be a requirement to undertake some "off the job" training.
• A trainee can begin Category C+E driver training 6 months after passing their Category C test as long as they have completed both the S/NVQ and driving assessments.
• Young Drivers will automatically lose their Category C or C+E licence entitlement if they accrue more than three penalty points on their licence.
• If a young driver ceases to be employed by a registered employer while on the Scheme they will automatically lose their entitlement to drive Category C or C+E vehicles. Trainees must be properly monitored, supervised and supported throughout the programme. This is primarily the employers responsibility, however, the ATO is accountable to Skills for Logistics who may undertake periodic checks to ensure that the rules of the scheme are adhered to.

For more information on haulage industry training courses, see our driver development and training sections of the main uk-trucking.net site.