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