How do they match: Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

  • Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

  • Mail Clerk
  • Mail Distribution Clerk
  • Mail Distribution Scheme Examiner
  • Mail Distributor
  • Mail Examiner
  • Mail Forwarding System Markup Clerk
  • Mail Handler
  • Mail Handler Assistant
  • Mail Handler Equipment Operator
  • Mail Handler Sorter
  • Mail Opener
  • Mail Processing Clerk
  • Mail Processing Agent
  • Mail Processor
  • Mail Sorter
  • Mail Weigher
  • Mailing Section Clerk
  • Post Office Markup Clerk
  • Postal Clerk
  • Postal Service Mail Processor
  • Postal Transportation Clerk
  • Automation Clerk
  • CFS Markup Clerk
  • Computer Forwarding System Markup Clerk
  • Dead Mail Checker
  • Distribution Clerk
  • FSM Clerk
  • Flat Sorting Machine Clerk
  • Operations Label Clerk
  • Parcel Post Distribution Machine Operator
  • SPBS Clerk
  • Small Package and Bundle Sorter Clerk
  • Window Clerk
  • Zip Mail Translator Operator

  • Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution for the United States Postal Service (USPS). 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 perform other duties related to mail handling within the postal service. Includes postal service mail sorters and processors employed by USPS contractors.

  • Accept and check containers of mail from large volume mailers, couriers, and contractors.
  • Bundle, label, and route sorted mail to designated areas, depending on destinations and according to established procedures and deadlines.
  • Cancel letter or parcel post stamps by hand.
  • 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.
  • Distribute incoming mail into the correct boxes or pigeonholes.
  • Dump sacks of mail onto conveyors for culling and sorting.
  • Load and unload mail trucks, sometimes lifting containers of mail onto equipment that transports items to sorting stations.
  • Move containers of mail, using equipment, such as forklifts and automated "trains".
  • Open and label mail containers.
  • 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.
  • Weigh articles to determine required postage.

  • Distribute incoming mail.
  • Prepare outgoing mail.
  • Route mail to correct destinations.
  • Sort mail.