Has anybody heard that Tesco may be moving several tankers from Bristol to Plymouth? If so, have you any more information? I’m currently driving a powder tanker but I do have my ADR and finding it very difficult to get on the petrol without experience.
not sure about tesco but …
Petrol tankers probably the hardest think to get a start in as they want experience full stop.
Best way I found is to do a year or two on rigid tankers as recruiters like to c some experience in kero/derv/mgo work. I started driving rigid tankers before driving petrol tankers but even places that run rigid tankers tend to keep petrol loads for the most experienced drivers. The place I worked for years ago let one of the new lads off with a petrol load because they was stuck and he dropped the load into the derv tank 
i did a few years driving rigid tankers, then did some petrol for them. then drove a environmental artic for a year (worst job ever!) then into petrol full time
Tesco Fuel is now a Norberts contract. Haven’t heard of any moves myself.
Thanks, before I went on the powder tanks I did 6 months on a rigid gas tank hoping that would help on my cv but as you said they only want petrol experience. I’ll keep trying, the current drivers have got to retire at some point.
I know its not that relevant to the present day but i done my ADR at my own expense back in about 1993 ish.
I had a couple of days with LPG bottles with a driver via an agency before going to the petrol distribution depots in Cattedown, Plymouth with my CV, license and ADR,-
No chance! From what i could gather the only way you could get a start was if your father, grandfather, and his bloody father worked there before!
Needless to say my ADR expired long ago, what a waste of bloody money that was!
Good luck though, hope you find something and have better luck than me! 
I would think gas experience would help.
They just so fussy on petrol as one small mistake can cost a fortune to sort. but send your cv in and you never know its all about getting a interview.
Another option you should consider is car transport. I have started doing that, start Monday morning and home Friday night. Money not to bad in it but there is a surprising amount of physical work in it to load 9 to 11 cars.
One of the biggest problems with petrol work is that the driver works alone most of the time. You would be given your dockets, then you load yourself, take reference samples and deliver it yourself. I imagine if anything ever went wrong at a garage the fastest man running would be the station manager.
Years ago there used to be a man at the receiving garage reading off wooden dips and checking which tank it was going in. I haven’t seen that for 20 years
Wheel Nut:
One of the biggest problems with petrol work is that the driver works alone most of the time. You would be given your dockets, then you load yourself, take reference samples and deliver it yourself. I imagine if anything ever went wrong at a garage the fastest man running would be the station manager.Years ago there used to be a man at the receiving garage reading off wooden dips and checking which tank it was going in. I haven’t seen that for 20 years
the local shell always has a member of staff with the driver, if at night with only 1 person working they close until the delivery is done.
i thought that was the norm??
Most garages provide a print out of the tank ullage etc.
There should be a member of staff on hand to provide you with this information and sign the drivers paperwork. They are required to stay at the discharge point while unloading of the tanker.
But this don’t always happen 
pump:
Most garages provide a print out of the tank ullage etc.
There should be a member of staff on hand to provide you with this information and sign the drivers paperwork. They are required to stay at the discharge point while unloading of the tanker.
But this don’t always happen
There are two types of delivery. CPR / Competent Person Delivery must be on site or the Driver Controlled Delivery / Unassisted Delivery.
Here is the full information with a test between each section.