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.
Work Activities
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Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities.
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Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
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Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
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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.
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Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
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Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
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Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
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Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments and to other establishments and private homes.
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Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes.
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Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.
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Check with home offices after completed deliveries to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries.
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Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers.
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Use telephone to deliver verbal messages.
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Perform general office or clerical work, such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands.
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Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel.
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Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles.
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Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail.
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Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
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Speaking
Talking to others to convey information effectively.
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Time Management
Managing one's own time and the time of others.
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Oral Comprehension
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
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Oral Expression
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
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Far Vision
The ability to see details at a distance.
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Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
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Transportation
Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
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English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Education High school diploma or equivalent
- Work Experience No work experience
- Training Less than 1 month on-the-job training
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Dependability
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Attention to Detail
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Integrity
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Independence
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Self Control
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Concern for Others
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Forklifts
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Bicycles
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Bar code reader equipment
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Automobiles or cars
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Addressing machines
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Word processing software
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Spreadsheet software
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Route navigation software
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Office suite software
