Class 2 Category C Driver Apprenticeship
TRAVIS PERKINS PLC
Dundee (DD4 7RH)
Closes in 8 days (Friday 3 July 2026)
Posted on 17 June 2026
Contents
Summary
Do you hold a clean Category B (Car) driving licence? If you're passionate about customer service, teamwork and safety and want the opportunity to earn whilst you complete your Category C (Class 2) Driver training and gain your license, we want to hear from you!
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Urban driver (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 5.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 17 July 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Move stock (mainly civils, heavy building materials and drainage solutions) in a safe and professional manner from our branches to our customers
- Load your vehicle in the yard using the HIAB, it’ll be your responsibility to ensure the vehicle is properly loaded, safe and in-line with road and transport legislation
- You will be performing local multi-drop work, returning back to the branch at least once to reload for your next run
Where you'll work
Mid Craigie Road
Dundee
DD4 7RH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TRAVIS PERKINS PLC
Training course
Urban driver (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Prepare a fixed axle vehicle over 3500 kg in weight for the planned daily workload. This includes the cab, fluid levels, and general inspection.
- Monitor charge or fuel level of the vehicle to meet the daily requirements of the urban schedule
- Monitor the vehicle for defects.
- Co-ordinate own work with others to meet business priorities.
- Apply protections, manual handling and mechanical aids to the situation, when loading or off-loading goods.
- Prepare, position and secure goods appropriate for the goods type, the vehicle type and the urban conditions.
- Manage goods in transit. For example, security, and checking seals for signs of damage and leaks.
- Plan and/or adapt a driving route to meet contractual arrangements. For example single and multiple urban deliveries or collections.
- Drive fixed axle vehicles over 3500 kg in weight considering all relevant factors. This includes vehicle type, road surface, goods, environmental conditions, vulnerable road users and pedestrians
- Use on-board electronic systems in line with operating procedures.
- Respond and adapt to urban driving incidents, accidents roadworks and hazards.
- Manoeuvre fixed axle vehicles over 3500 kg in weight on site. For example, a customer driveway, building site, or recycling centre.
- Perform dynamic risk assessment of a site and take remedial action. For example, adjusting or aborting a delivery or collection due to safety issues.
- Manage relationships that enable successful urban delivery, collection and on-site contracts.
- Adapt communication style to meet the needs of the audience.
- Utilise available IT systems to manage data relating to the delivery/collection contract.
- Complete contractual obligations on site. For example, installing white goods in a home, or removing waste, leaving the site to the expected standard.
- Brief the customer on the technical specifications of the delivery, collection or installation, answering questions. This could mean, for instance, demonstrating how a product works.
- Adjust the services provided in response to customer requirements, within the limits of own role.
- Comply with relevant legislation and regulation, both when driving and on site
- Prepare a fixed axle vehicle over 3500 kg in weight for the planned daily workload. This includes the cab, fluid levels, and general inspection.
- Monitor charge or fuel level of the vehicle to meet the daily requirements of the urban schedule
- Monitor the vehicle for defects.
- Co-ordinate own work with others to meet business priorities.
- Apply protections, manual handling and mechanical aids to the situation, when loading or off-loading goods.
- Prepare, position and secure goods appropriate for the goods type, the vehicle type and the urban conditions.
- Manage goods in transit. For example, security, and checking seals for signs of damage and leaks.
- Plan and/or adapt a driving route to meet contractual arrangements. For example single and multiple urban deliveries or collections.
- Drive fixed axle vehicles over 3500 kg in weight considering all relevant factors. This includes vehicle type, road surface, goods, environmental conditions, vulnerable road users and pedestrians
- Use on-board electronic systems in line with operating procedures.
- Respond and adapt to urban driving incidents, accidents roadworks and hazards.
- Manoeuvre fixed axle vehicles over 3500 kg in weight on site. For example, a customer driveway, building site, or recycling centre.
- Perform dynamic risk assessment of a site and take remedial action. For example, adjusting or aborting a delivery or collection due to safety issues.
- Manage relationships that enable successful urban delivery, collection and on-site contracts.
- Adapt communication style to meet the needs of the audience.
- Utilise available IT systems to manage data relating to the delivery/collection contract.
- Complete contractual obligations on site. For example, installing white goods in a home, or removing waste, leaving the site to the expected standard.
- Brief the customer on the technical specifications of the delivery, collection or installation, answering questions. This could mean, for instance, demonstrating how a product works.
- Adjust the services provided in response to customer requirements, within the limits of own role.
- Comply with relevant legislation and regulation, both when driving and on site
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Candidates must hold a clean Category B (Car) UK driving license and have held it for at least 12 months to be considered for this opportunity
About this employer
You may not know much about Travis Perkins, but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised. Despite our size, we have the values of a family run business and the mindset and ambition of a forward thinking Company. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work that's why we have been voted one of the UK’s Top Employers every year since 2010. We offer our employees access to extensive career opportunities across our 5 leading businesses. We operate out of more than 1400 outlets nationwide and have over 20,000 colleagues.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- HGV Driver
- Yard/Warehouse Operative
- Assistant Branch Manager
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TRAVIS PERKINS PLC
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000037753.
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Closes in 8 days (Friday 3 July 2026)
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