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