Courier

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.

Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments, and to other establishments and private homes.

Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.

Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.

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.

Perform general office or clerical work such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.

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 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.

Call by telephone to deliver verbal messages.

Check with home offices after completed deliveries to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.

Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.