Guides
Work out what the job actually involves
Straight answers to the questions people ask before they apply. What each HGV licence class lets you drive. What a care assistant does at seven in the morning. Who pays for a DBS check. Where a pay figure came from, and where it did not.
Every figure on these pages names its publisher. Where we have not confirmed a reference against the live source, the page says so rather than letting it pass as settled.
Adult social care
Supporting adults to live well, in care homes, in supported living and in people’s own homes.
What does a care assistant actually do?
A shift in a care home and a round in home care, described as they are, including personal care and record keeping.
Last checked Sept 2026
Can you get a care job with no experience?
What employers really require, what you should never pay for up front, and how to evidence experience you have not been paid for.
Last checked Sept 2026
Care and driving
DBS checks explained for care and driving jobs
The four levels, which one applies to regulated care work, who pays, and where a conviction genuinely does and does not matter.
Last checked Sept 2026
What is the Care Certificate?
The 15 standards listed in full, how assessment works in practice, and what happens to it when you change employer.
Last checked Sept 2026
Care shift patterns and what they mean for your pay
How each common pattern works, where sleep-ins and travel time sit legally, and the questions to ask before you accept a rota.
Last checked Sept 2026
HGV and logistics driving
Moving goods by road and keeping the depots and warehouses behind that work running.
What licence do you need to drive an HGV?
The difference between C1, C and C+E, why people still say Class 1 and Class 2, and the order you have to do things in.
Last checked Sept 2026
Driver CPC explained, and how to keep it
The qualification that sits alongside your licence, how the 35 hours work, and what to do if yours has run out.
Last checked Sept 2026
Care and driving
DBS checks explained for care and driving jobs
The four levels, which one applies to regulated care work, who pays, and where a conviction genuinely does and does not matter.
Last checked Sept 2026
Tachographs and drivers' hours, the basics
What the four modes mean, the limits on driving and rest, and why an infringement matters to the operator as much as to you.
Last checked Sept 2026
How much do HGV drivers earn?
The published figures we can stand behind, what shifts them, and an honest note on the one pay statistic we cannot give you locally.
Last checked Sept 2026