Warehousing and Storage and Customer Service Level 1 and the NVQ in Driving Goods Vehicles Level 2 qualification

Get your career in the supply chain and logistic sector on the road with our exciting new course.

With over 70,000 HGV vacancies in the UK, today is the perfect time to consider starting a career within the logistics and LGV sector.

As the ideal pre-employment training course, this programme will allow you to gain the essential industry skills and knowledge required to secure a job within the sector whilst gaining nationally recognised certifications. What’s more, you will learn new skills and meet new colleagues which will help you to find the confidence to secure your first role in the sector.

Course outline

Starting with the Logistic Awareness, Customer Service and Warehousing and Storage, Skills in Transport & Logistics all at Level 1, you will develop proficiencies in:

Picking, packing and wrapping goods in a logistics environment

Health and safety in the workplace

Using manual equipment in logistics facilities

Driving hours, health checks and basic tachograph operation

Personal wellbeing including stress and anxiety

Interview techniques and job seeking skills in the logistics environment

DVSA online training – multiple choice, hazard perception & CPC case studies

HGV medical.

On successfully completing the first stage, you will then progress onto the NVQ in Driving Goods Vehicles level 2 course which is a theoretical and practical course where you can gain a Category C (Class 2) large goods driving licence. During this time, you will also be studying online for the DVSA examinations.

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Course times, dates and location

Before starting the course, an information and selection day will be held on Wednesday 5 March 2025 | 10.00am-1.00pm.

On the selection day, you will be required to complete assessments in numeracy, literacy, and Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) operation to ensure you meet the necessary standards for enrollment in this programme.

The course will then start on Monday 10 March 2025 and run over 10/12 weeks at the Derby Road campus and Peter Smythe Transport Training Ltd, Sutton-in-Ashfield. This course runs throughout the year, so new dates are to be released soon.

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Entry requirements and costs

The course is completely FREE for anyone aged 19 or over (on the 31st August 2024) and earning less than £25,000. You must also live in England and NOT in one of the locations listed here.

Applicants aged 19-23 must already have a full level 2 qualification to be eligible (eg. 5 GCSEs at grade C or above).

All applicants must already hold a B car full driving licence with less than six penalty points.

Prior to starting the course, you will need to attend a selection day where you will complete assessments in numeracy, literacy, and Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) operation to ensure you meet the necessary standards for enrollment in this programme.