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An HGV driver's CV puts your licence categories, Driver CPC and record in the first lines, then the routes, loads and vehicles you know and how you keep to the rules on hours and checks. This example is a Class 1 (C+E) driver with seven years on trunking and multi-drop work.

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Darren Pike
HGV Class 1 Driver
Wakefield · 07700 900193 · darren.pike@example.com · Licence C+E, Driver CPC, no points

Profile

Class 1 (C+E) HGV driver with seven years on night trunking and regional multi-drop work for retail and food distribution. Holds a current Driver CPC card and digital tachograph card, with no points. Plans routes around traffic and delivery windows, carries out thorough walk-round checks and keeps to drivers' hours rules. Looking for a nights or days Class 1 role.

Experience

Class 1 Driver | Calder Valley Haulage, Wakefield | 2021–present

Drive night trunks between Wakefield and depots in the Midlands and the South East, about 600 miles a shift.

Make regional multi-drop deliveries of chilled food to 8 to 12 stores, with tail-lift and pallet truck.

Carry out walk-round checks before every shift and report defects on the app before driving.

Keep to drivers' hours and tachograph rules, with no infringements in the last two years.

Class 2 Driver | Pennine Builders Merchants, Huddersfield | 2018–2021

Delivered building materials to sites with a rigid lorry and lorry-mounted crane.

Licences and training

Full UK licence, categories B, C and C+E, no points

Driver CPC card, 35 hours completed (2025)

Digital tachograph driver card

Lorry loader (crane) certificate | 2019

Counterbalance forklift | 2020

Skills

Route planning and delivery windows

Walk-round checks and defect reporting

Drivers' hours and tachograph rules

Load security and chilled deliveries

Fictional example for a hgv driver. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What hauliers look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Plan deliveries and your routesNight trunks and multi-drop routes around delivery windows
Check your vehicle for problems and report any issues you findWalk-round checks and defect reporting before every shift
Help load and unload goods safelyTail-lift, pallet truck and lorry loader crane
Keep records of your deliveries and driving hoursTachograph records with no infringements in two years
Drive safely and follow road haulage regulations at all timesNo points and seven years of Class 1 and 2 driving

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for an HGV driver, also called an LGV or lorry driver.

Inside this example
  • Profile: 60 words here
  • Experience: 103 words here
  • Licences and training: 31 words here
  • Skills: 24 words here

How to write yours

01

Licence first

Categories, Driver CPC and points go at the top; a transport manager cannot shortlist without them.

02

Name the work

Trunking, multi-drop, tipper, tanker or curtain-sider: say what you have driven and carried.

03

Show you keep the rules

Walk-round checks and a clean tachograph record matter as much as miles.

04

Give shift preference

Nights, days or tramping: one line saves a call.

Rules and checks for an HGV driver's CV

  • Licence and Driver CPC. You need to be over 18, hold a licence that includes HGV and have a Driver CPC; to stay qualified you take 35 hours of Driver CPC training and renew your HGV licence every five years (National Careers Service).
  • Hazardous goods. Working with hazardous goods such as chemicals needs an extra certificate (National Careers Service). Give it if you hold it.
  • Points and record. If you have points, say how many and be ready to explain them; employers check your licence before you drive.

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