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