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

  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Attach identification information to products, items or containers.
  • Package objects for shipping.
  • Receive shipments.
  • Verify shipping documentation.
  • Weigh parcels to determine shipping costs.