muckles:
Why not look for an employer who has a range of vehicles, from vans to artics, they might be more likely to give you a start on the vans and if you’re a decent worker they might consider moving you up, either by putting you through your test or it would give you a chance to save up and do it yourself and knowing that you had a job to go to.
That’s a good piece of advice. A couple of mine have movedc from vans up to artics and because we already know them it makes the first day out on the road less of a worry.
I had an 21 year old apply, and offered him a job. Impressed me because he’d done what you are thinking of and put himself through his tests.
He was doing agency on for a supermarket. We do Euro, clean work, customers treat you like one of the team, hotels often. And he turned us down because sometimes we might ask him to go out in a van (on Class 1,pay). Prima Donna. 