74102 Couriers and messengers

What this occupation covers

Couriers and messengers pick up and deliver letters, parcels, packages, messages and other items within and between establishments. They are employed by courier service companies and other establishments throughout the public and private sectors.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 3 main duties for this code.

• Pick up messages, letters, envelopes, parcels, airline tickets, legal documents, packages, bonds, cheques, securities and other items from customers, and hand-deliver them to addresses within an establishment or in other establishments by walking, cycling or driving within prescribed time periods
• Collect payment for items delivered
• Keep record of items received and delivered using delivery information acquisition devices.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 3 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 75201 Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors
• 74101 Letter carriers
• 72025 Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations

Excluded from this code

• Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors (See 75201 Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors)
• Letter carriers (See 74101 Letter carriers)
• Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations (See 72025 Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

bank messenger · bank runner · bill distributor · copy runner - courier service · courier · courier service driver · courier service parcels deliverer · delivery person - courier service · mail courier - courier service · mail service courier · message carrier · message deliverer · messenger · messenger-clerk · motorized mail courier · office messenger · postal clerk - Canadian Armed Forces · runner - courier service · town messenger driver

Employment requirements

• Secondary school education may be required.
• Eligibility for bonding may be required.
• Ability to navigate streets and follow directions is usually required.
• Physical fitness is required for some occupations in this unit group.