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