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Career: Couriers and Messengers
Job Description
Pick up and carry messages, documents, packages, and other items between offices or departments within an establishment or to other business concerns, traveling by foot, bicycle, motorcycle, automobile, or public conveyance.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
99
|
Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials. |
94
|
Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods. |
75
|
Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes. |
74
|
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. |
72
|
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods. |
71
|
Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes. |
71
|
Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route. |
67
|
Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel. |
60
|
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages. |
59
|
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments. |
54
|
Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages. |
49
|
Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries. |
39
|
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail. |
33
|
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands. |
17
|
Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles. |
12
|
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
70
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
64
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
60
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
54
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
54
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
51
|
Getting Information
|
48
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
46
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
46
|
Processing Information
|
45
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
44
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
44
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
43
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
42
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
41
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
41
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
40
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
40
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
36
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
34
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
34
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
32
|
Thinking Creatively
|
31
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
31
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
30
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
28
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
28
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
26
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
26
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
23
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
22
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
21
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
19
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
18
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
17
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
17
|
Interacting With Computers
|
14
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
12
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
8
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
7
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
4
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|