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