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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 “Mail Clerk”

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

Related Technology & Tools

Delivery trucks
Pallet jacks
Mobile radios
Global positioning system GPS devices
Warehouse forklifts
Postage meters
Hydraulic lift tables
Laser facsimile machines
Hazardous material packaging
Wireless barcode scanners
Bicycles
Stepladders
Document shredders
Hard hats
Copy machines
Motorcycles
Mail addressing machines
Passenger vans
Envelope sealers
Handheld radio frequency RF scanners
Passenger vehicles
Lockboxes
Tablet computers
High-reach forklifts
Computer data input scanners
Bank deposit bags
Safety belts
Protective safety glasses
Mopeds
Personal computers
Stamping equipment

Microsoft Word
Route mapping software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office