Transport & Storage employment contract

Driver's Mate Employment Contract UK

Name: Driver's Mate Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: transport_and_storage_driver_s_mate_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define safe delivery support around coordinated handling, accurate paperwork and respectful work at customer premises.

Watercolour illustration showing Driver's Mate at work in Transport & Storage on a pale sage background

This contract includes Assist loading and load checks. Support navigation and delivery sequence. Handle goods with approved equipment. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
Content owner: HRHeaven employment documentation team
Review standard: UK employer template review, versioned clause logic and preview before payment

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Job description

Clear role overview and key responsibilities.

Probation period

Clear probation terms for the selected arrangement.

Role-specific duties

Maintained responsibilities, records and authority boundaries for the selected role.

Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

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Practical checks to help an employer choose the right starting point and prepare the information the document needs.

When to use this contract

Maintain safe supported deliveries, deliver protected customer property, and produce accurate proof and return records.

Workplace context: Depot, assigned vehicle, authorised routes and customer handover locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering routes vehicles shifts and travel. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering loads equipment lifting and stairs. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering customers premises proof and installation. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering damage refusals returns and records. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering warehouse procedures.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The mate cannot attempt unsafe lifts, damage property to complete delivery, sign for customers, install beyond training or direct traffic without agreed competence. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the goods and delivery service
the handling and team-lift procedures
the installation and assembly boundaries
the proof damage and return process
the driver dispatcher and safety routes

Day-to-day operating brief

What Driver's Mate work looks like in practice

A Driver's Mate assists with loading, route tasks and delivery of goods, often including heavy or bulky items. Terms should cover vehicle travel, start times, manual handling equipment, stairs, two-person lifts, assembly or installation boundaries, customer property, proof of delivery, packaging removal, returns and failed access. The mate should not direct unsafe vehicle movement unless trained or undertake technical installation beyond competence. Two-person delivery needs agreed commands for lifting, stopping and setting goods down, especially on stairs or uneven ground. The mate may protect floors and doorways, unpack items and remove packaging within the purchased service. Employers should define footwear, handling aids, customer requests to move existing furniture and the response when access differs from booking information. Personal contact with recipients should remain professional, with complaints and property concerns referred through the delivery process.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Assist loading and load checks.
Support navigation and delivery sequence.
Handle goods with approved equipment.
Protect premises and communicate courteously.
Record delivery exceptions and returns.

A realistic working scenario

A bulky item cannot pass safely through a narrow stairwell, so the team stops and records the delivery exception.

Outputs to agree

safe supported deliveries
protected customer property
accurate proof and return records

Records and evidence

Route vehicle and load check.
Item condition and handling method.
Recipient proof property issue and refusal.
Packaging return damage and handover.
Stock records.
Picking records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Warehouse Manager or Shift Supervisor. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The mate cannot attempt unsafe lifts, damage property to complete delivery, sign for customers, install beyond training or direct traffic without agreed competence.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Warehouse management systems.
Scanners.
Stock handling equipment.
Picking equipment.

Workplace context

Depot, assigned vehicle, authorised routes and customer handover locations.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

routes vehicles shifts and travel
loads equipment lifting and stairs
customers premises proof and installation
damage refusals returns and records

Information the employer should prepare

the goods and delivery service
the handling and team-lift procedures
the installation and assembly boundaries
the proof damage and return process
the driver dispatcher and safety routes

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Driver's Mate contract is built around

These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for transport & storage work.

Work setting

Depot, assigned vehicle, authorised routes and customer handover locations.

Primary duties

Assist loading and load checks.
Support navigation and delivery sequence.
Handle goods with approved equipment.
Protect premises and communicate courteously.

Tools and training to confirm

Warehouse management systems.
Scanners.
Stock handling equipment.
Picking equipment.

Governance focus

HSE context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering routes vehicles shifts and travel. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering loads equipment lifting and stairs. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering customers premises proof and installation.

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Driver's Mate clauses and builder inputs

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Role wording

Driver's Mate duties

Maintain safe supported deliveries, deliver protected customer property, and produce accurate proof and return records.

Assist loading and load checks. Support navigation and delivery sequence. Handle goods with approved equipment. Protect premises and communicate courteously. Record delivery exceptions and returns.

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What the contract builder captures

Employer and employee details Role title and reporting line Pay, hours and working pattern Holiday, probation and notice Workplace and site rules Company branding and e-sign

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Specific clauses

What is added to the finished contract

The mate cannot attempt unsafe lifts, damage property to complete delivery, sign for customers, install beyond training or direct traffic without agreed competence.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering routes vehicles shifts and travel.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering loads equipment lifting and stairs.

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