Description

Couriers and messengers pick up and deliver letters, parcels, packages, messages, and other items within and between establishments. They are employed by courier service companies and other establishments throughout the private and public sectors.

Job Titles

• Bank messenger
• Courier
• Courier service driver
• Delivery person – courier service
• Mail service courier
• Runner – courier service

Main Duties

• Pick up messages, letters, envelopes, parcels, airline tickets, legal documents, packages, bonds, cheques, securities and other items from customers, and hand-deliver them to addresses within an establishment or in other establishments by walking, cycling or driving within prescribed time periods
• Collect payment for items delivered
• Keep record of items received and delivered using delivery information acquisition devices.

Workplaces

• Courier service companies
• Establishments throughout the private and public sector

Skills

• Numeracy
• Operation and Control
• Systems Analysis
• Time Management
• Writing

Abilities

• Multi-Signal Response
• Speed of Limb Movement
• Stamina
• Trunk Strength
• Auditory Attention

Personal Attributes

• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration
• Independence
• Active Learning
• Adaptability

Similar Occupations

• Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations (72025)
• Letter carriers (74101)
• Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors (75201)

Source: OaSIS