Could you become a Delivery Person?
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What this job is
A delivery person transports goods and parcels to customers using a vehicle, collecting payment or signatures where required and maintaining accurate delivery records. They operate within tight time schedules, manage customer interactions at point of delivery, and follow safe work and vehicle maintenance procedures to ensure on-time, damage-free delivery across local or regional routes.
Pay
A$1,503 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Active Listeningcore
- Adaptability and Flexibilitycore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracycore
- Customer Needs Assessmentcore
- Customer Order Trackingcore
- Delivery Schedulingcore
- Dispatch Documentationcore
- Driver and Courier Liaisoncore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Complaint Handling
- Digital Literacy
- Incident Reporting
- Inventory Tracking
- Returns Processing
- Risk Identification
- Workload Self-Management