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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.
  • 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.
  • Clear jams in sorting equipment.
  • 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.
  • Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
  • Search directories to find correct addresses for redirected mail.
  • Weigh articles to determine required postage.

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