Home Delivery Boy
Delivers food and beverage packages from restaurants or catering centres to customers, collects payment and checks orders before delivery.
Overview
Home Delivery Persons are a part of life. They are responsible for distributing food and beverage packages from restaurant or catering centre to customers at their premises, collect payment for bills and share feedback from customers. They have to verify the delivery items against the orders before the delivery. They are also trained to carry out minor repairs in the vehicle and for ensuring safety while driving/riding. They also learn ways to interact with different types of customers and maintain a pleasant work environment.
Where they work
- Hotels
- Restaurants
- Online food delivery services
Work environment
You have to work for at least 6 days a week for up to 10/12 hours per day. You will have to work overtime and at odd hours. This work involves a lot of travel.
Opportunities for work exist for differently abled in this field.
Skills and interests
This career might suit you if…
- You like working outdoors
- You are comfortable meeting new people
- You have good communication skills
- You are reliable and customer focused
Eligibility and education roadmap
Please check the duration of the course during enrolment. NSQF course levels, entry requirements and availability change — verify with the training provider.
- 1Minimum qualification: after completing class 8 and being 18 years of age you can enrol for a National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) Level 4 Home Delivery Boy course. You have to have a two-wheeler licence.
Forms, exams and applications
Exam names above are as printed in the source card. Application windows, eligibility and syllabi change — always check the official notification for current dates.
Where to apply
Students can opt for Diploma, BHM or B.Sc. HMCT courses offered by various institutes in States/UTs of India. This list of institutes is indicative only. Please check if a private institute is affiliated and accredited with UGC before applying.
Government institutes
- Institute of Hotel Management (across different centres of India)
- Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
- Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand
- Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana
- Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram
Private institutes
Please check if the institute is affiliated and accredited before applying.
- Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal, Karnataka
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka
- Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, New Delhi
- Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, Maharashtra
- Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development, New Delhi
- Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab
These institute lists are indicative examples from the source card, not a ranked or complete directory. Always verify accreditation on the institute's official website.
Career outcomes
Growth path
- 1Trainee Home Delivery Person
- 2Home Delivery Person
- 3Home Delivery Manager
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Student action plan
What you can do this month
- Read this whole roadmap and note any subjects, exams or institutes you don't recognise yet.
- Talk to a teacher or school counsellor about how your current subjects connect to Any Stream.
- Look for a school club, competition or online course related to travelling.
- Shortlist 2–3 institutes from the list above and check their official website for current admission details.
- Save this career and compare it with 1–2 others you're considering.
Example from the field
K. Shiva — He completed his B.Tech degree about two years before the source was written and decided to work for Swiggy about a year later, since he was not able to find a well-paying job. The 25-year-old zooms around the city on his two-wheeler for about eight to nine hours a day delivering food, and makes close to INR 25,000 a month. 'I would earlier order food online and I never thought that I would one day work as a food delivery boy. The work is not tough, but other than traffic, it is all about time management. And, of course, the money I earn is a lot more than what I would have been earning if I worked elsewhere,' says Shiva, one of hundreds of delivery persons working for the online food delivery app Swiggy in Hyderabad.
SourceThis profile is shared for training/educational purposes only, as printed in the source card.
Sources and update notice
- Career card source: Exploring Career Paths with Career Cards, Volume 2, printed page 937 (NCERT / UNICEF India / PSSCIVE Bhopal, First Edition, April 2025).
- Income source: https://www.glassdoor.co.in/Salaries/delivery-boy-salary-SRCH_KO0,12.htm
- Last reviewed on this site: 2026-08-21
The card titles this role 'Home Delivery Boy'; the work is open to people of any gender. Its institute list is the hotel-management list also printed on the General Housekeeper card, with the same spelling errors, corrected here.
Eligibility, fees, exam patterns and admissions change often. Always verify current details on official institute, exam-body or government websites before making decisions.