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mail carrier
employee of the post office or postal service, who delivers mail to residences and businesses
courier
thumb|upright=1.3|Courier in Taipei, Taiwan, organizing parcels for delivery A courier is a person or organization that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are government or state agency employees (for example: a diplomatic courier).
coachman
thumb|Coachman, Boston MA 1902 thumb|Russian coachman, before 1917 — his belt indicates his master's wealth A coachman is a person who drives a coach or carriage, or similar horse-drawn vehicle. A coachman has also been called a coachee, coachy, whip, or hackman.
truck driver
person who earns a living as the driver of a truck
Dabbawala
A dabbawala (also spelled dabbawalla or dabbawallah, called tiffin wallah in older sources) is a worker who delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India and Pakistan, especially in Mumbai and Karachi. The dabbawalas constitute a lunchbox delivery and return system for workers in Mumbai and Karachi. The lunchboxes are picked up in the late morning, delivered predominantly using bicycles and railway trains, and returned empty in the afternoon.
conductor
crew member on a bus, train, or other public transportation
milk deliverer
delivery service dedicated to supplying milk
porter
person who carries objects or cargo for others
bus driver
profession
quartermaster
thumb|right|320px|, quartering (Quartermaster), circa 1893 thumb|320px|Quartermaster Dick Libby, USN. Portrait circa 1834
bicycle courier
person who work for courier companies carrying and delivering items by bicycle
chief engineer
most senior and qualified engineer in a ship
chief mate
profession
pizza delivery
service in which a pizzeria or pizza chain delivers a pizza to a customer
teamster
thumb|A modern teamster with his truck
dispatcher
thumb|A dispatcher
customs broker
profession involving the preparation of customs documentation to ensure that shipments meet all applicable laws to facilitate the import and export of goods
sailmaker
thumb|Sailmakers aboard the during World War I thumb|right|The USS USS Monongahela (1862)|Monongahela (1862), a vessel exemplifying the 19th-century sailmakers' craft
loadmaster
thumb|300px|A Royal Australian Air Force loadmaster directing a vehicle onto a [[C-130J Hercules in 2016]] A loadmaster is an aircrew member on military transport aircraft or civilian aircraft (with cargo ramp) tasked with the safe loading, transport and unloading of aerial cargoes. Loadmasters serve in the militaries and civilian airlines of many nations.
hikyaku
thumb|upright|160px| were couriers in Japan who carried letters, documents, bills of exchange, and packages, using a system of relay stations under the bakufu military governments, beginning in the Kamakura period (1185–1333), gradually yielding to more modern systems beginning in 1858.
ticket controller
craft
chief cook
seniormost unlicensed crewmember working in the steward's department of a merchant ship
Chief steward
ranks on a merchant ship
car guard
Franeleros are people who have as main activity guarding or keeping an eye on cars parked in several streets in certain places in large Mexican cities, getting a tip as a reward, which sometimes is established by them. The term comes from the Spanish word franela, meaning flannel, which is a small piece of soft light fabric (normally washed out red or gray) which they use to wash the cars if they are asked to, or to simply wave it around to give parking indications. Franeleros are sometimes also known as cuida-coches (car keepers) or "viene vienes" (literally "come come"), which is the phrase
first assistant engineer
second mate
licensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship holding a Second Mates Certificate of Competency
third mate
merchant marine rank
Kaya Yei
thumb| group of Kayayei women marching at Ghana's 2020 Independence Day Parade in Kumasi