Couriers and Messengers

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.

Couriers and Messengers spend a lot of their time Handling and Moving Objects. They are naturally good at Speech Recognition, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, and Multilimb Coordination. Couriers and Messengers are typically characterized as being Realistic and Conventional. They are usually very knowledgable about Customer and Personal Service, Transportation, and English Language and are skilled at Time Management and Reading Comprehension.

Work Activities

Handling and Moving Objects
  
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
  
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
  
Performing General Physical Activities
  
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
  
Getting Information
  
Analyzing Data or Information
  
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
  
Processing Information
  
Documenting/Recording Information
  
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
  
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
  
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
  
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
  
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
  
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
  
Assisting and Caring for Others
  
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
  
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
  
Developing Objectives and Strategies
  
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
  
Thinking Creatively
  
Performing Administrative Activities
  
Scheduling Work and Activities
  
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
  
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
  
Coaching and Developing Others
  
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
  
Training and Teaching Others
  
Developing and Building Teams
  
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
  
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
  
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
  
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
  
Interacting With Computers
  
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
  
Controlling Machines and Processes
  
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
  
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
  

Abilities

Speech Recognition
  
Oral Comprehension
  
Oral Expression
  
Multilimb Coordination
  
Stamina
  
Response Orientation
  
Time Sharing
  
Near Vision
  
Static Strength
  
Trunk Strength
  
Speech Clarity
  
Control Precision
  
Sound Localization
  
Extent Flexibility
  
Perceptual Speed
  
Category Flexibility
  
Information Ordering
  
Written Comprehension
  
Problem Sensitivity
  
Manual Dexterity
  
Far Vision
  
Selective Attention
  
Depth Perception
  
Deductive Reasoning
  
Speed of Limb Movement
  
Finger Dexterity
  
Fluency of Ideas
  
Arm-Hand Steadiness
  
Gross Body Coordination
  
Originality
  
Visual Color Discrimination
  
Flexibility of Closure
  
Hearing Sensitivity
  
Written Expression
  
Inductive Reasoning
  
Spatial Orientation
  
Reaction Time
  
Auditory Attention
  
Rate Control
  
Speed of Closure
  
Glare Sensitivity
  
Visualization
  
Number Facility
  
Dynamic Strength
  
Night Vision
  
Mathematical Reasoning
  
Gross Body Equilibrium
  
Memorization
  
Peripheral Vision
  

Interests

Realistic
  
Conventional
  
Enterprising
  
Social
  
Investigative
  
Artistic
  

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service
  
Transportation
  
English Language
  
Public Safety and Security
  
Communications and Media
  
Mathematics
  
Geography
  
Law and Government
  
Administration and Management
  
Education and Training
  
Production and Processing
  
Psychology
  
Clerical
  
Telecommunications
  
Medicine and Dentistry
  
Personnel and Human Resources
  
Mechanical
  
Physics
  

Wages

District of Columbia
$32,970  
 
Alaska
$32,510  
 
Connecticut
$31,020  
 
Colorado
$30,060  
 
Washington
$29,010  
 
Massachusetts
$28,790  
 
Oregon
$28,310  
 
New Jersey
$27,690  
 
Arizona
$27,550  
 
Rhode Island
$27,430  
 
Minnesota
$27,240  
 
Maryland
$26,550  
 
New York
$26,540  
 
Virginia
$26,360  
 
Maine
$26,270  
 
Nevada
$26,090  
 
Missouri
$25,870  
 
New Hampshire
$25,730  
 
Montana
$25,440  
 
Michigan
$25,150  
 
Tennessee
$24,640  
 
North Carolina
$24,400  
 
Pennsylvania
$24,050  
 
Delaware
$23,910  
 
Hawaii
$23,850  
 
Illinois
$23,790  
 
Florida
$23,710  
 
Ohio
$23,630  
 
California
$23,540  
 
Arkansas
$23,260  
 
Vermont
$23,230  
 
Texas
$23,160  
 
Wyoming
$23,080  
 
Wisconsin
$23,050  
 
Virgin Islands
$22,840  
 
Utah
$22,560  
 
Indiana
$22,500  
 
Kansas
$21,810  
 
New Mexico
$21,380  
 
Iowa
$21,170  
 
Oklahoma
$21,150  
 
Nebraska
$21,070  
 
South Carolina
$21,070  
 
West Virginia
$21,020  
 
Idaho
$20,760  
 
South Dakota
$20,710  
 
Kentucky
$20,460  
 
North Dakota
$20,190  
 
Alabama
$19,920  
 
Mississippi
$19,520  
 
Louisiana
$19,020  
 
Guam
$18,550  
 
Puerto Rico
$17,660  
 

Skills

Time Management
  
Reading Comprehension
  
Critical Thinking
  
Service Orientation
  
Active Listening
  
Coordination
  
Complex Problem Solving
  
Social Perceptiveness
  
Speaking
  
Writing
  
Persuasion
  
Active Learning
  
Judgment and Decision Making
  
Monitoring
  
Operation Monitoring
  
Negotiation
  
Mathematics
  
Operation and Control
  
Learning Strategies
  
Systems Analysis
  
Quality Control Analysis
  
Systems Evaluation
  
Instructing
  
Management of Personnel Resources
  
Troubleshooting
  
Management of Financial Resources
  
Management of Material Resources
  
Operations Analysis
  
Equipment Maintenance
  
Technology Design
  

Work Values

Relationships
  
Support
  
Working Conditions
  
Independence
  
Achievement
  
Recognition
  

Work Styles

Dependability
  
Cooperation
  
Independence
  
Concern for Others
  
Integrity
  
Self Control
  
Attention to Detail
  
Stress Tolerance
  
Adaptability/Flexibility
  
Achievement/Effort
  
Social Orientation
  
Initiative
  
Persistence
  
Innovation
  
Analytical Thinking
  
Leadership
  

Related University Degree Programs

Work Context

Contact With Others
  
Face-to-Face Discussions
  
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  
Outdoors, Exposed to Weather
  
Time Pressure
  
In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment
  
Freedom to Make Decisions
  
Frequency of Decision Making
  
Physical Proximity
  
Deal With External Customers
  
Spend Time Walking and Running
  
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
  
Structured versus Unstructured Work
  
Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results
  
Telephone
  
Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People
  
Spend Time Standing
  
Very Hot or Cold Temperatures
  
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
  
Coordinate or Lead Others
  
Exposed to Contaminants
  
Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable
  
Work With Work Group or Team
  
Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body
  
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets
  
Frequency of Conflict Situations
  
Consequence of Error
  
Exposed to Disease or Infections
  
Letters and Memos
  
Spend Time Sitting
  
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
  
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings
  
Level of Competition
  
Electronic Mail
  
Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions
  
Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
  
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling
  
Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting
  
Duration of Typical Work Week
  
Responsible for Others' Health and Safety
  
Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
  
Degree of Automation
  
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance
  
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment
  
Outdoors, Under Cover
  
Deal With Physically Aggressive People
  
In an Open Vehicle or Equipment
  
Public Speaking
  
Exposed to Hazardous Conditions
  
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
  
Exposed to Radiation
  
Work Schedules
  
Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection
  
Exposed to Whole Body Vibration
  
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles
  
Exposed to High Places
  

-40 hours-

Duration of Typical Work Week
  

-A lot of freedom-

Freedom to Make Decisions
  
Structured versus Unstructured Work
  

-About half the time-

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling
  
Spend Time Standing
  
Spend Time Walking and Running
  
Spend Time Sitting
  
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
  
Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body
  
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
  
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles
  
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance
  

-Completely automated-

Degree of Automation
  

-Constant contact with others-

Contact With Others
  

-Contact with others about half the time-

Contact With Others
  

-Contact with others most of the time-

Contact With Others
  

-Continually or almost continually-

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
  
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
  
Spend Time Walking and Running
  
Spend Time Sitting
  
Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body
  
Spend Time Standing
  
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance
  
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling
  
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles
  

-Every day-

Face-to-Face Discussions
  
In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment
  
Outdoors, Exposed to Weather
  
Time Pressure
  
Exposed to Contaminants
  
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  
Frequency of Decision Making
  
Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People
  
Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable
  
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets
  
Exposed to Disease or Infections
  
Very Hot or Cold Temperatures
  
Telephone
  
Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions
  
Frequency of Conflict Situations
  
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment
  
In an Open Vehicle or Equipment
  
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings
  
Exposed to Radiation
  
Electronic Mail
  
Exposed to Hazardous Conditions
  
Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting
  
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
  
Letters and Memos
  
Outdoors, Under Cover
  
Deal With Physically Aggressive People
  
Exposed to Whole Body Vibration
  
Public Speaking
  
Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection
  
Exposed to High Places
  

-Extremely competitive-

Level of Competition
  

-Extremely important-

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  
Deal With External Customers
  
Work With Work Group or Team
  
Coordinate or Lead Others
  
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
  
Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
  

-Extremely serious-

Consequence of Error
  

-Fairly important-

Work With Work Group or Team
  
Coordinate or Lead Others
  
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
  
Deal With External Customers
  
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  
Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
  

-Fairly serious-

Consequence of Error
  

-High responsibility-

Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
  
Responsible for Others' Health and Safety
  

-Highly automated-

Degree of Automation
  

-Highly competitive-

Level of Competition
  

-I don't work near other people (beyond 100 ft.)-

Physical Proximity
  

-I work with others but not closely (e.g., private office)-

Physical Proximity
  

-Important-

Deal With External Customers
  
Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
  
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  
Coordinate or Lead Others
  
Work With Work Group or Team
  
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
  

-Important results-

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results
  

-Irregular (changes with weather conditions, production demands, or contract duration)-

Work Schedules
  

-Less than 40 hours-

Duration of Typical Work Week
  

-Less than half the time-

Spend Time Sitting
  
Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body
  
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling
  
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
  
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
  
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance
  
Spend Time Standing
  
Spend Time Walking and Running
  
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles
  

-Limited freedom-

Structured versus Unstructured Work
  
Freedom to Make Decisions
  

-Limited responsibility-

Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
  
Responsible for Others' Health and Safety
  

-Minor results-

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results
  

-Moderate responsibility-

Responsible for Others' Health and Safety
  
Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
  

-Moderate results-

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results
  

-Moderately automated-

Degree of Automation
  

-Moderately close (at arm's length)-

Physical Proximity
  

-Moderately competitive-

Level of Competition
  

-More than 40 hours-

Duration of Typical Work Week
  

-More than half the time-

Spend Time Standing
  
Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body
  
Spend Time Walking and Running
  
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
  
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
  
Spend Time Sitting
  
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance
  
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling
  
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles
  

-Never-

Exposed to Whole Body Vibration
  
Exposed to High Places
  
Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles
  
Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection
  
Exposed to Radiation
  
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
  
Exposed to Hazardous Conditions
  
In an Open Vehicle or Equipment
  
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment
  
Public Speaking
  
Outdoors, Under Cover
  
Deal With Physically Aggressive People
  
Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance
  
Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting
  
Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions
  
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  
Exposed to Disease or Infections
  
Letters and Memos
  
Exposed to Contaminants
  
Electronic Mail
  
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets
  
Frequency of Conflict Situations
  
Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable
  
Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling
  
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings
  
Telephone
  
In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment
  
Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People
  
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
  
Frequency of Decision Making
  
Very Hot or Cold Temperatures
  
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls
  
Outdoors, Exposed to Weather
  
Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body
  
Time Pressure
  
Spend Time Sitting
  
Spend Time Walking and Running
  
Face-to-Face Discussions
  
Spend Time Standing
  

-No contact with others-

Contact With Others
  

-No freedom-

Structured versus Unstructured Work
  
Freedom to Make Decisions
  

-No responsibility-

Responsible for Others' Health and Safety
  
Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
  

-No results-

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results
  

-Not at all automated-

Degree of Automation
  

-Not at all competitive-

Level of Competition
  

-Not important at all-

Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
  
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
  
Coordinate or Lead Others
  
Work With Work Group or Team
  
Deal With External Customers
  
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  

-Not serious at all-

Consequence of Error
  

-Occasional contact with others-

Contact With Others
  

-Once a month or more but not every week-

Letters and Memos
  
Frequency of Conflict Situations
  
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings
  
Electronic Mail
  
Very Hot or Cold Temperatures
  
Exposed to Disease or Infections
  
Time Pressure
  
Frequency of Decision Making
  
Face-to-Face Discussions
  
Telephone
  
Deal With Physically Aggressive People
  
Public Speaking
  
Exposed to Hazardous Conditions
  
Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People
  
Exposed to Contaminants
  
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets
  
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
  
Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting
  
Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection
  
Outdoors, Exposed to Weather
  
In an Open Vehicle or Equipment
  
Outdoors, Under Cover
  
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  
Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions
  
Exposed to High Places
  
Exposed to Radiation
  
Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable
  
Exposed to Whole Body Vibration
  
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment
  
In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment
  

-Once a week or more but not every day-

Telephone
  
Very Hot or Cold Temperatures
  
Frequency of Decision Making
  
Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting
  
Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People
  
Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable
  
Letters and Memos
  
Time Pressure
  
Outdoors, Exposed to Weather
  
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets
  
Frequency of Conflict Situations
  
Electronic Mail
  
Exposed to Disease or Infections
  
Outdoors, Under Cover
  
Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions
  
In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment
  
Exposed to Contaminants
  
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings
  
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
  
Face-to-Face Discussions
  
Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection
  
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  
Deal With Physically Aggressive People
  
Public Speaking
  
Exposed to Hazardous Conditions
  
In an Open Vehicle or Equipment
  
Exposed to Whole Body Vibration
  
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment
  
Exposed to High Places
  
Exposed to Radiation
  

-Once a year or more but not every month-

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings
  
Very Hot or Cold Temperatures
  
Deal With Physically Aggressive People
  
Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions
  
Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People
  
Public Speaking
  
Outdoors, Under Cover
  
Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable
  
Electronic Mail
  
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets
  
Outdoors, Exposed to Weather
  
Exposed to Disease or Infections
  
Face-to-Face Discussions
  
Frequency of Conflict Situations
  
Exposed to Contaminants
  
Frequency of Decision Making
  
Exposed to Hazardous Conditions
  
Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection
  
Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
  
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment
  
Exposed to High Places
  
In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment
  
In an Open Vehicle or Equipment
  
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
  
Exposed to Radiation
  
Time Pressure
  
Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting
  
Exposed to Whole Body Vibration
  
Letters and Memos
  
Telephone
  

-Regular (established routine, set schedule)-

Work Schedules
  

-Seasonal (only during certain times of the year)-

Work Schedules
  

-Serious-

Consequence of Error
  

-Slightly automated-

Degree of Automation
  

-Slightly close (e.g., shared office)-

Physical Proximity
  

-Slightly competitive-

Level of Competition
  

-Some freedom-

Freedom to Make Decisions
  
Structured versus Unstructured Work
  

-Very close (near touching)-

Physical Proximity
  

-Very high responsibility-

Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
  
Responsible for Others' Health and Safety
  

-Very important-

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
  
Deal With External Customers
  
Coordinate or Lead Others
  
Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
  
Work With Work Group or Team
  

-Very important results-

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results
  

-Very little freedom-

Structured versus Unstructured Work
  
Freedom to Make Decisions
  

-Very serious-

Consequence of Error
  

Task Ratings

- Importance Core-

Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
  
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
  
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.
  
Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
  
Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
  
Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes.
  
Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
  

- Importance Supplemental-

Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  
Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order 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.
  
Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages.
  
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
  
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
  
Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  

- Relevance of Task Core-

Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
  
Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
  
Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
  
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.
  
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.
  

- Relevance of Task Supplemental-

Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
  
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  
Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages.
  
Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
  
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
  
Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
  

-Daily Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Core-

Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
  
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
  
Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
  
Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
  
Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
  
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.
  
Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes.
  

-Daily Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Supplemental-

Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
  
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
  
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  
Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
  
Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages.
  
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
  
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  
Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  

-Hourly or more Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Core-

Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order 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.
  
Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes.
  
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
  
Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
  
Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
  

-Hourly or more Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Supplemental-

Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  
Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
  
Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
  
Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages.
  
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
  
Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
  

-More than monthly Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Core-

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.
  
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
  
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.
  
Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
  

-More than monthly Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Supplemental-

Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  
Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
  
Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages.
  
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
  
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
  
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  
Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
  
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  

-More than weekly Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Core-

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.
  
Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
  
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.
  
Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
  
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
  

-More than weekly Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Supplemental-

Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
  
Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  
Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
  
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
  
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
  
Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages.
  

-More than yearly Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Core-

Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
  
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
  
Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
  
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.
  
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.
  
Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
  

-More than yearly Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Supplemental-

Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages.
  
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  
Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
  
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
  
Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
  
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  
Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
  
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  

-Several times daily Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Core-

Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
  
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.
  
Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes.
  
Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
  
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
  
Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
  
Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
  

-Several times daily Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Supplemental-

Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
  
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
  
Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
  
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  
Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages.
  
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  
Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
  
Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  

-Yearly or less Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Core-

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.
  
Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances in order to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
  
Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
  
Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
  
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.
  
Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
  

-Yearly or less Frequency of Task (Categories 1-7) Supplemental-

Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
  
Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
  
Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
  
Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  
Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
  
Call by telephone in order to deliver verbal messages.
  
Check with home offices after completed deliveries, in order to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
  
Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  

Education Training Experience

-On-Site or In-Plant Training-

None
  
Up to and including 1 month
  
Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
  
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
  
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
  

-On-the-Job Training-

None or short demonstration
  
Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month
  
Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
  
Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months
  

-Related Work Experience-

None
  
Up to and including 1 month
  
Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
  
Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months
  
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
  
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
  
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
  

-Required Level of Education-

Less than a High School Diploma
  
High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
  
Some College Courses
  
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
  
Bachelor's Degree