Couriers and Postal Deliverers
ANZSCO 5612
41,700
30%
15%
$1,503
47 yrs
Declining
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
Couriers and Postal Deliverers is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.
Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Declining.
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About this career
Couriers and Postal Deliverers deliver small items such as documents, messages, mail and parcels.
What they typically do
- Sorting and sequencing items for delivery
- Delivering mail, parcels, documents and other items to customers' premises and mailboxes
- Receiving orders for deliveries from customers
- Collecting signatures and charges for cash-on-delivery orders
- Issuing and collecting receipts for pick-up and delivery items
- Keeping records of items received and delivered
- Maintaining walk books, directories, mail counts, equipment maintenance logs and other delivery records
- Loading and unloading mail conveyances and internal mail handling equipment
- Assisting with receipting inward mail, checking wrongly addressed, missorted, undelivered and redirected mail, and processing freepost and underpaid mail
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Share of workers by location
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Couriers and Postal Deliverers.
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