Job description Courier Service Driver in the Ottawa Region
Find out what work is like for a courier service driver in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Delivery and courier service drivers (NOC 74102).
Couriers and messengers
Description
Couriers and messengers pick up and deliver letters, parcels, packages, messages, and other items within and between establishments. They are employed by courier service companies and other establishments throughout the private and public sectors.
Work week duration
Couriers and messengers usually work between 35 to 40 hours per week.Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Couriers and messengers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- 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.
Physical demands Help - Physical Demands
- Handling material manually
- Making repetitive motions
- Sitting
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Couriers and messengers are employed and some of their main characteristics:
- Courier service companies
- Establishements throughout the private and public sector
Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment
- Indoors, environmentally controlled
- Outside, exposed to weather
- Dangerous chemical substances
- In an enclosed vehicle or equipment
Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others
- Somewhat close (e.g. share office)
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 74102), and a list of similar occupations:
- bank messenger
- courier
- courier service driver
- delivery person - courier service
- mail service courier
- runner - courier service
Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification
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