Couriers and Messengers

What Does a Couriers and Messengers Do?

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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities.
• 2Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
• 3Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
• 4Receive 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.
• 5Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
• 6Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
• 7Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
• 8Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments and to other establishments and private homes.

Required Skills

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Route mapping software

Couriers and Messengers Salary