9621-Messengers, package deliverers and luggage porters

Job Title: 

Messengers, package deliverers and luggage porters

Job Description: 

Messengers, package deliverers and luggage porters carry and deliver messages, packages and other items within an establishment or between establishments, to households and elsewhere, or carry luggage especially at hotels, stations and airports.

Tasks: 

Tasks include

  • delivering messages, packages and other items within an establishment or between establishments, or elsewhere
  • performing the duties of a post-runner
  • delivering various goods to and from enterprises, shops, households and other places
  • carrying and delivering luggage at hotels, stations, airports, and elsewhere
  • receiving and marking baggage by completing attaching claim checks
  • planning and following the most efficient route
  • sorting items to be delivered according to the delivery route.
Specific Occupations: 

96211
Attendant (telephone/ lift)/ Liftman/ Bellboy/Bell hop

96212
Deliveryman / Deliverer (hand/ newspapers)

96213
Messenger (postal/office)/ Post-runner

96214
Porter, goods loading (railway and road vehicles)

96215
Porter (luggage/ shunting/ hotel/ lobby)/ Carrier/ Palleydar (coolie)/ Caddie (golf)

96216
Boy, messenger/Courier, on foot/Cellarman/Basta bardar/Bellgirl

96217
Deliverer, leaflets/Deliverer, on foot

96218
Girl, messenger/Messenger/Messenger, office/Messenger, on foot/Messenger, telegraph/Runner, messages

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Source Of Info: 

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2443