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74102.00 – Couriers and messengers

Couriers and messengers pick up and deliver letters, parcels, packages, messages, and other items within and between establishments.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Bank messenger
  • Courier
  • Courier service driver
  • Delivery person - courier service
  • Mail service courier
  • Runner - courier service

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Pick up messages, letters, envelopes, parcels, airline tickets, legal documents, packages, bonds, cheques, securities and other items from customers, and hand-deliver them to addresses within an establishment or in other establishments by walking, cycling or driving within prescribed time periods
  • Collect payment for items delivered
  • Keep record of items received and delivered using delivery information acquisition devices.

Additional information

  • There is some mobility into other delivery occupations such as delivery drivers.
  • There may be mobility to clerical occupations within the company.
  • Progression to supervisory positions may be possible with experience.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors (75201)
  • Letter carriers (74101)
  • Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations (72025)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

7 – Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations

TEER

4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training

Major group

74 – Mail and message distribution, other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers

Sub-major group

741 – Mail and message distribution occupations

Minor group

7410 – Mail and message distribution occupations

Unit group

74102 – Couriers and messengers

Occupational profile

74102.00 – Couriers and messengers

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