Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

Course Advisor; United States; On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Course Advisor is seeking a Postal Service Mail Sorter, Processor, and Processing Machine Operator to ensure the efficient distribution of mail. Responsibilities include preparing, examining, sorting, and routing mail, as well as operating various mail processing machinery. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong skills in monitoring, coordination, critical thinking, and judgment. This position is vital for maintaining effective operations within the postal service.

Responsibilities

• Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution.
• Examine, sort, and route mail.
• Load, operate, and occasionally adjust and repair mail processing machinery.
• Weigh articles to determine required postage.
• Ensure addresses are legible and sufficient postage is paid.
• Sort odd-sized mail by hand and segregate items requiring special handling.
• Operate various types of equipment for sorting.
• Bundle, label, and route sorted mail.
• Load and unload mail trucks.

Skills

Monitoring

Coordination

Speaking

Critical Thinking

Reading Comprehension

Judgment and Decision Making

Job description

Postal Service Mail Sorter, Processor, and Processing Machine Operator

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.

Responsibilities

• Weigh articles to determine required postage.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills & Qualifications

• Monitoring
• Coordination
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Judgment and Decision Making