NorthStar

Occupations/43-5021.00

Couriers and Messengers

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.

High school

Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.

AI automation risk

34%

More resilient

Human characteristics

69%

Strong human-characteristic mix

Task orientation

59%

Mixed exposure

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities.

  • Mostly routine

    Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.

  • Task

    Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities.
  2. 02Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments.
  3. 03Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.
  4. 04Receive 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.
  5. 05Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods.
  6. 06Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.48
  • Degree of automation2.37
  • Time sitting4.23
  • Originality (ability)2.25
  • Conflict situations2.98
  • Hands-on objects/tools3.64
  • Outdoors / weather3.65
  • Disease exposure3.92
  • Decision freedom4.79

Top abilities

  • Oral Expression3.62
  • Oral Comprehension3.62
  • Written Comprehension3.25
  • Speech Recognition3.25
  • Near Vision3.25
  • Multilimb Coordination3.25
  • Far Vision3.25
  • Written Expression3.12

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.00
  • Active Listening3.25
  • Writing3.00
  • Speaking3.25
  • Mathematics2.50
  • Science1.12
  • Critical Thinking3.00
  • Active Learning2.62
  • Learning Strategies2.12
  • Monitoring2.75

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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