Delivery Person
What the work is
Delivers goods to customers by light vehicle, bicycle or foot.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Collects goods from a collection point for delivery
- Plans delivery routes to ensure efficient and timely delivery of goods
- Organises items for delivery according to delivery routes
- Loads and unloads items for delivery in a safe and secure manner
- Receives certification of delivery and completes delivery logs and records
- Returns undelivered items to the appropriate location
- Performs routine maintenance and inspections on the delivery vehicle to ensure safe and efficient operation
- May receive and process payments for deliveries
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a suburban postal and parcel round in a fictional regional town, by van, motorbike and on foot. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You know every street so well that the round flows and you finish ahead of time
- A customer waves from the window because the parcel they were waiting for has arrived
- A bright morning ride with a light load and a quiet street
Hard days
- A wet week with a full van, and every second letterbox is a sodden hunt for a gap
- A gate with a dog behind it and a parcel that needs a signature
- A busy season when the load triples and the day is never long enough
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 712231, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.