Will “Dead Mail Checker” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
79% Chance of Automation
“Dead Mail Checker” will probably be replaced by robots.
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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
- Assorter
Tasks for “Dead Mail Checker”
- 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.
- Train new workers.
- Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.
- Weigh articles to determine required postage.
- Rewrap soiled or broken parcels.
- Bundle, label, and route sorted mail to designated areas, depending on destinations and according to established procedures and deadlines.
- Dump sacks of mail onto conveyors for culling and sorting.
- Load and unload mail trucks, sometimes lifting containers of mail onto equipment that transports items to sorting stations.
- Open and label mail containers.
- Direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer-controlled keyboards or voice-recognition equipment.
- Move containers of mail, using equipment such as forklifts and automated "trains".
- Clear jams in sorting equipment.
- Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
- Distribute incoming mail into the correct boxes or pigeonholes.
- Cancel letter or parcel post stamps by hand.
- Search directories to find correct addresses for redirected mail.
- Accept and check containers of mail from large volume mailers, couriers, and contractors.
Related Technology & Tools
- Small parcel bundle sorter machines
- Conveyor belts
- Dollies
- Barcode sorters
- Multi-position letter sorting machines
- Electric material moving tractors
- Mail scales
- Automatic airline assignment systems
- Automatic pallet unloaders
- Warehouse forklifts
- Hand-pushed carts
- Addressographs
- Packaging machines
- Postage marking machines
- Delivery point packagers
- Optical character readers
- Postal automated redirection systems
- Mail sorting machines
- Voice recognition equipment
- Conveyor sorting systems
- Compact assignment machines
- Mail canceling machines
- Mail trucks
- Personal computers
- Copy machines
- General purpose mail containers
- Barcode scanners
- Computer data input scanners
- Point of sale workstations
- Laser facsimile machines
- Mail processing machines
- Multi-line optical character reader OCR software
- Delivery Operations Information System DOIS
- Delivery Routing System DRS
- Barcode reader software
- Directory software
- Address Management System AMS
- NCR Advanced Store
- Electronic Time Clock ETC
- Automated Package Processing System APPS
- Time and Attendance Collection System TACS