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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
• 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
• Dead Mail Checker
• Computer Forwarding System Markup Clerk (CFS Markup Clerk)
• Assorter

Tasks for “Computer Forwarding System Markup Clerk (CFS Markup Clerk)”

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer-controlled keyboards or voice-recognition equipment.
• Clear jams in sorting equipment.
• Search directories to find correct addresses for redirected mail.
• Train new workers.
• Open and label mail containers.
• 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.
• Rewrap soiled or broken parcels.
• Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.

Related Technology & Tools

• Warehouse forklifts
• Compact assignment machines
• General purpose mail containers
• Conveyor belts
• Optical character readers
• Mail processing machines
• Copy machines
• Mail scales
• Postal automated redirection systems
• Dollies
• Conveyor sorting systems
• Addressographs
• Electric material moving tractors
• Personal computers
• Delivery point packagers
• Barcode sorters
• Mail trucks
• Computer data input scanners
• Voice recognition equipment
• Hand-pushed carts
• Postage marking machines
• Laser facsimile machines
• Mail sorting machines
• Barcode scanners
• Automatic airline assignment systems
• Automatic pallet unloaders
• Mail canceling machines
• Packaging machines
• Multi-position letter sorting machines
• Small parcel bundle sorter machines
• Point of sale workstations

• Barcode reader software
• Automated Package Processing System APPS
• Delivery Operations Information System DOIS
• NCR Advanced Store
• Delivery Routing System DRS
• Multi-line optical character reader OCR software
• Time and Attendance Collection System TACS
• Electronic Time Clock ETC
• Directory software
• Address Management System AMS