How do they match: Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

  • Packaging Clerk
  • Packaging Specialist

  • Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Time-stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms.

  • Affix postage to packages or letters by hand, or stamp materials, using postage meters.
  • Place incoming or outgoing letters or packages into sacks or bins based on destination or type, and place identifying tags on sacks or bins.
  • Release packages or letters to customers upon presentation of written notices or other identification.
  • Weigh packages or letters to determine postage needed, using weighing scales and rate charts.
  • Wrap packages or bundles by hand, or by using tying machines.

  • Package objects for shipping.