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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”.
Also Known As…
- Couriers and Messengers
- Vehicle Delivery Worker
- Transporter
- Security Messenger
- Messenger
- Mail Clerk
- Mail Carrier
- Laboratory Courier
- Driver
- Courier
- Yard Caller
- Tube Operator
- Telephone Messenger
- Telegraph Office Route Aide
- Telegraph Messenger
- Singing Messenger
- Sample Distributor
- Runner
- Route Aide
- Proof Carrier
- Pick Up Worker
- Pick Up Man
- Pager
- Page
- Package Delivery Room Service Runner
- Outside Deliverer
- Office Messenger Helper
- Office Messenger
- Messenger Floorperson
- Message Clerk
- Merchandise Deliverer
- Mailroom Courier
- Mail Messenger
- Freight Caller
- Errand Runner
- Driver Messenger
- Distributor
- Diplomatic Courier
- Delivery Person
- Delivery of Shopping News
- Delivery Driver
- Delivery Clerk
- Deliverer
- Crew Caller
- Court Messenger
- Courier Delivery Driver
- Copy Worker
- Copy Messenger
- Copy Chaser
- Circular Distributor
- Caller
- Call Worker Person
- Call Person
- Bill Peddler
- Bill Hiker
- Bill Distributor
- Bicycle Messenger
- Bank Runner
- Bank Messenger
- Bank Courier
Tasks for “Mailroom Courier”
- Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
- Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
- Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities.
- Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
- Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
- Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
- Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
- Call by telephone to deliver verbal messages.
- 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.
- Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
- 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.
- Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
- Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
- Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes.
- Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
- Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
Related Technology & Tools
- Stepladders
- Hazardous material packaging
- Handheld radio frequency RF scanners
- Document shredders
- Hard hats
- Laser facsimile machines
- Passenger vehicles
- Bicycles
- Delivery trucks
- Computer data input scanners
- Stamping equipment
- Warehouse forklifts
- Pallet jacks
- Mopeds
- Passenger vans
- Hydraulic lift tables
- Envelope sealers
- Personal computers
- Copy machines
- Wireless barcode scanners
- Lockboxes
- Global positioning system GPS devices
- Mail addressing machines
- Tablet computers
- Postage meters
- High-reach forklifts
- Bank deposit bags
- Safety belts
- Protective safety glasses
- Motorcycles
- Mobile radios
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Route mapping software
- Microsoft Office