What are Couriers and Messengers
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.
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Common Job Titles
Courier
Court Messenger
Delivery Person
Messenger
Delivery Driver
Mail Carrier
Driver
Junior Court Messenger
Assistant Court Messenger
Senior Bill Hiker
Delivery Messenger
Assistant Copy Messenger
Personality & Work Styles
Dependability
Attention to Detail
Integrity
Cautiousness
Social Orientation
Cooperation
Stress Tolerance
Perseverance
Adaptability
Self-Control
Work Activities
Getting Information
Documenting/Recording Information
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Handling and Moving Objects
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Performing General Physical Activities
Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
Work Environment
Telephone Conversations
Freedom to Make Decisions
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams
Time Pressure
Contact With Others
E-Mail
Spend Time Sitting
Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team
Skills You Will Receive
Active Listening
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Monitoring
Active Learning
Mathematics
Learning Strategies
Science
Other Attributes Important To Know
Oral Comprehension
Written Comprehension
Oral Expression
Written Expression
Fluency of Ideas
Originality
Problem Sensitivity
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
Related Careers
Postal Service Mail Carriers
Light Truck Drivers
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
Postal Service Clerks
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Driver/Sales Workers
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Technology/Tools Used
Spreadsheet software
Office suite software
Electronic mail software
Word processing software
Route navigation software
Work Values
Relationships
Support
Independence
Working Conditions
Achievement
Recognition
Knowledge You Will Receive
Administration and Management
Administrative
Economics and Accounting
Sales and Marketing
Customer and Personal Service
Personnel and Human Resources
Production and Processing
Food Production
Computers and Electronics
Engineering and Technology
Education Requirements
High school diploma or equivalent
Job Zone 2
Tasks Associated with This Career
Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities.
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to 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.
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments and to other establishments and private homes.
Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.