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Job Description
Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Examine, sort, and route mail. Load, operate, and occasionally adjust and repair mail processing, sorting, and canceling machinery. Keep records of shipments, pouches, and sacks; and other duties related to mail handling within the postal service.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-5053.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 49,710.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 23.00
- Currently, there are 110,770 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators”.
Also Known As…
- Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
- Small Package and Bundle Sorter Clerk (SPBS Clerk)
- Parcel Post Distribution Machine Operator (PDPMO)
- Mail Processor
- Mail Processing Clerk
- Mail Handler Equipment Operator
- Mail Handler
- Flat Sorting Machine Clerk (FSM Clerk)
- Distribution Clerk
- Computer Forwarding System Markup Clerk (CFS Markup Clerk)
- Automation Clerk
- ZMT Operator (Zip Mail Translator Operator)
- Sorting Machine Operator
- Sorter
- Postal Transportation Clerk
- Postal Service Mail Processor
- Post Office Markup Clerk
- Operations Label Clerk
- Mailing Section Clerk
- Mail Weigher
- Mail Sorter
- Mail Opener
- Mail Handler Sorter
- Mail Forwarding System Markup Clerk
- Mail Examiner
- Mail Distributor
- Mail Distribution Scheme Examiner
- Mail Distribution Clerk
- Letter Sorting Machine Operator (LSM Operator)
- General Expeditor
- Flat Sorter Processor
- File Conversion Operator
- Equipment Operator
- Distributor
- Dead Mail Checker
Tasks for “Assorter”
- Direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer-controlled keyboards or voice-recognition equipment.
- Check items to ensure that addresses are legible and correct, that sufficient postage has been paid or the appropriate documentation is attached, and that items are in a suitable condition for processing.
- Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.
- Load and unload mail trucks, sometimes lifting containers of mail onto equipment that transports items to sorting stations.
- Open and label mail containers.
- Clear jams in sorting equipment.
- Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
- Bundle, label, and route sorted mail to designated areas, depending on destinations and according to established procedures and deadlines.
- Train new workers.
- Distribute incoming mail into the correct boxes or pigeonholes.
- Accept and check containers of mail from large volume mailers, couriers, and contractors.
- Weigh articles to determine required postage.
- Dump sacks of mail onto conveyors for culling and sorting.
- Cancel letter or parcel post stamps by hand.
- Rewrap soiled or broken parcels.
- Move containers of mail, using equipment such as forklifts and automated "trains".
- Search directories to find correct addresses for redirected mail.
Related Technology & Tools
- Mail scales
- Laser facsimile machines
- Optical character readers
- Electric material moving tractors
- Mail trucks
- Packaging machines
- Barcode sorters
- Warehouse forklifts
- Mail processing machines
- Hand-pushed carts
- Automatic pallet unloaders
- Automatic airline assignment systems
- Addressographs
- Compact assignment machines
- Point of sale workstations
- Voice recognition equipment
- Conveyor belts
- Dollies
- Computer data input scanners
- Postage marking machines
- Small parcel bundle sorter machines
- Multi-position letter sorting machines
- Mail sorting machines
- General purpose mail containers
- Postal automated redirection systems
- Mail canceling machines
- Delivery point packagers
- Barcode scanners
- Personal computers
- Copy machines
- Conveyor sorting systems
- Multi-line optical character reader OCR software
- Delivery Routing System DRS
- Barcode reader software
- Electronic Time Clock ETC
- Time and Attendance Collection System TACS
- Delivery Operations Information System DOIS
- NCR Advanced Store
- Automated Package Processing System APPS
- Address Management System AMS
- Directory software