According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Deliver and pick up medical records, lab specimens, and medications to and from hospitals and other medical facilities. | 93% |
| Obtain signatures and payments, or arrange for recipients to make payments. | 91% |
| Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages. | 90% |
| 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. | 90% |
| Load vehicles with listed goods, ensuring goods are loaded correctly and taking precautions with hazardous goods. | 90% |
| Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials. | 88% |
| Sort items to be delivered according to the delivery route. | 87% |
| Deliver messages and items, such as newspapers, documents, and packages, between establishment departments and to other establishments and private homes. | 86% |
| Unload and sort items collected along delivery routes. | 85% |
| Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods. | 84% |
| Check with home offices after completed deliveries to confirm deliveries and collections and to receive instructions for other deliveries. | 84% |
| Collect, seal, and stamp outgoing mail, using postage meters and envelope sealers. | 81% |
| Use telephone to deliver verbal messages. | 80% |
| Perform general office or clerical work, such as filing materials, operating duplicating machines, or running errands. | 78% |
| Perform routine maintenance on delivery vehicles, such as monitoring fluid levels and replenishing fuel. | 75% |
| Unload goods from large trucks, and load them onto smaller delivery vehicles. | 71% |
| Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail. | 71% |
