Skills & competences

Description

Messengers, package deliverers and luggage porters carry and deliver messages, packages and other items on foot, within an establishment or between establishments, to households and elsewhere, or carry luggage, especially at hotels, stations and airports.
Tasks include -
(a) delivering messages, packages and other items within an establishment or between establishments or elsewhere;
(b) delivering various goods to and from enterprises, shops, households and other places;
(c) carrying and delivering luggage at hotels, stations, airports, and elsewhere;
(d) receiving and marking baggage by completing and attaching claim checks;
(e) planning and following the most efficient route;
(f) sorting items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Hotel porter
- Luggage porter
- Messenger
- Leaflet deliverer
- Newspaper deliverer
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Mail carrier - 4412
- Postman/woman - 4412