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Job Description

Pick up and deliver messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or directly to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-5021.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 29,920.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 74,120 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Couriers and Messengers”.

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Tasks for “Driver Messenger”

Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes.
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
Check with home offices after completed deliveries to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
Call by telephone to deliver verbal messages.
Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities.
Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
Receive messages or materials to be delivered, and information on recipients, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and delivery instructions, communicated via telephone, two-way radio, or in person.
Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.

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