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HGV Class 2 Driver Employment Contract UK

Name: HGV Class 2 Driver Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: transport_and_storage_hgv_driver_class_2_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define professional rigid-vehicle driving around roadworthiness, secured loads and compliant delivery schedules.

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This contract includes Complete vehicle and load checks. Drive within licence and hours rules. Secure and protect consignments. 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
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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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When to use this contract

Maintain safe compliant rigid-vehicle journeys, secure documented deliveries, and support prompt defect and delay reporting.

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

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering rigid vehicles territory and shifts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering licence CPC hours and tachograph. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering loads tail lifts deliveries and returns. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering checks defects incidents and expenses. 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 driver cannot drive defective or overloaded vehicles, exceed legal hours, falsify records, accept insecure loads or use unauthorised routes and passengers. 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 vehicle classes and delivery work
the licence and competence requirements
the hours route and scheduling system
the load tail-lift and document controls
the traffic office and emergency routes

Day-to-day operating brief

What HGV Driver (Class 2) work looks like in practice

An HGV Class 2 Driver normally operates rigid goods vehicles for collection or delivery work. Terms should specify licence entitlement, Driver CPC where applicable, vehicle types, tail lifts, load securing, daily checks, tachograph or hours duties, routes, customer sites, manual handling, returns and overnight expectations. The driver retains responsibility to stop when the vehicle, load or available hours make a journey unsafe or unlawful. Rigid-vehicle work may involve urban restrictions, tight customer yards and frequent use of curtains, shutters or tail lifts. The driver should check payload distribution and body security as well as the cab and chassis. Terms can address vulnerable road users, delivery bans, reversing assistance, securing unattended vehicles and handling reusable equipment. If a recipient refuses part of a load, remaining weight and restraint may need reassessment before the journey continues.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Complete vehicle and load checks.
Drive within licence and hours rules.
Secure and protect consignments.
Manage delivery documentation and customer handover.
Report defects incidents and route disruption.

A realistic working scenario

A delivery delay leaves insufficient legal time to return, so the driver contacts control and follows an authorised contingency.

Outputs to agree

safe compliant rigid-vehicle journeys
secure documented deliveries
prompt defect and delay reporting

Records and evidence

Vehicle check defect and release.
Tachograph hours break and route.
Load seal restraint and condition.
Delivery proof refusal incident and return.
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 driver cannot drive defective or overloaded vehicles, exceed legal hours, falsify records, accept insecure loads or use unauthorised routes and passengers.
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

rigid vehicles territory and shifts
licence CPC hours and tachograph
loads tail lifts deliveries and returns
checks defects incidents and expenses

Information the employer should prepare

the vehicle classes and delivery work
the licence and competence requirements
the hours route and scheduling system
the load tail-lift and document controls
the traffic office and emergency routes

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this HGV Driver (Class 2) contract is built around

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Work setting

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

Primary duties

Complete vehicle and load checks.
Drive within licence and hours rules.
Secure and protect consignments.
Manage delivery documentation and customer handover.

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 rigid vehicles territory and shifts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering licence CPC hours and tachograph. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering loads tail lifts deliveries and returns.

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HGV Driver (Class 2) clauses and builder inputs

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Role wording

HGV Driver (Class 2) duties

Maintain safe compliant rigid-vehicle journeys, secure documented deliveries, and support prompt defect and delay reporting.

Complete vehicle and load checks. Drive within licence and hours rules. Secure and protect consignments. Manage delivery documentation and customer handover. Report defects incidents and route disruption.

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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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What is added to the finished contract

The driver cannot drive defective or overloaded vehicles, exceed legal hours, falsify records, accept insecure loads or use unauthorised routes and passengers.

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 rigid vehicles territory and shifts.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering licence CPC hours and tachograph.

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