Couriers and Messengers - MehtA+ Tutoring

Career Overview

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.

Also Known As

Courier
Driver
Laboratory Courier
Messenger

Alternate Job Titles

Bank Courier
Bank Messenger
Bank Runner
Bicycle Messenger
Bill Distributor
Bill Hiker
Bill Peddler
Call Person
Call Worker Person
Caller
Circular Distributor
Copy Chaser
Copy Messenger
Copy Worker
Courier

What You'll Do

In this role, your typical responsibilities include:

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.

Knowledge You'll Use

You'll need solid knowledge in these areas:

Customer and Personal Service
Transportation

Key Abilities

This career requires key abilities in:

Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Speech Recognition
Far Vision
Near Vision
Written Comprehension
Multilimb Coordination
Category Flexibility
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity

Work Style

People who excel in this career typically demonstrate:

Dependability
Attention to Detail
Integrity
Cautiousness
Social Orientation

What Matters in This Career

This career tends to satisfy these work values:

Relationships
Support
Working Conditions
Independence
Achievement

Education & Preparation

Typical Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

Related Work Experience Needed: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year

On-the-Job Training: Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month

Education Details: Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Experience Required: Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Technology You'll Use

Popular Technologies & Software

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office software
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Word

Tools & Equipment

Bank deposit bags
Bicycles
Computer data input scanners
Copy machines
Delivery trucks
Document shredders
Envelope sealers
Global positioning system GPS devices
Handheld radio frequency RF scanners
Hard hats
Hazardous material packaging
High-reach forklifts
Hydraulic lift tables
Laser facsimile machines
Lockboxes

Work Environment

Telephone Conversations
Freedom to Make Decisions
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams
Time Pressure
Contact With Others

Salary & Job Market

Salary Percentile	Annual Wage
Entry-Level (10th percentile)	$29,880
Median	$38,340
Top Earners (90th percentile)	$50,590

Workers Employed Nationally: 71,920