The Collar360

Delivery rider / courier (Glovo, Jumia Food, Safeboda Express)

Other names

Official name: Motorcycle delivery person

home delivery motorcycle driver, motorcycle driver of deliveries, sameday delivery motorcycle driver, timed delivery motorcycle driver, express delivery motorcycle driver

Driving and riding

They ride motorcycles to take packages, food, medicines and papers quickly and safely to people, and they record what they deliver.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Receive messages or materials to be delivered, and information on recipients, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, and delivery instructions, communicated via telephone, two-way radio, or in person.

  2. 2

    Record information, such as items received and delivered and recipients' responses to messages.

  3. 3

    Plan and follow the most efficient routes for delivering goods.

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Sources

Built from 6 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

Uganda licensing routes for regulated careers (councils, boards and their Acts)

Official record

Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, Law Council and the other bodies named on each licence. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public statutes and regulator pages

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

Open the source

The Collar360 Uganda research (occupations, UVQF, Public Service, labour market)

Research for this platform

Compiled by The Collar360 from public Ugandan sources, each cited with its evidence level.

Collar360; each fact keeps its own source

ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

Open the source

ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

Open the source

O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
coursier véhicules 2 roues/coursière véhicules 2 roues
español
conductor de motocicleta de reparto/conductora de motocicleta de reparto
العربية
عامل التوصيل بالدراجة النارية / عاملة التوصيل بالدراجة النارية
português
Condutor de motociclos para entregas/Condutora de motociclos para entregas
Deutsch
Auslieferer mit Motorrad/Auslieferin mit Motorrad
italiano
addetto al motorecapito/addetta al motorecapito

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