Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

Tasks Include:

• Direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer controlled keyboards or voice recognition equipment.
• Bundle, label, and route sorted mail to designated areas depending on destinations and according to established procedures and deadlines.
• Serve the public at counters or windows, such as by selling stamps and weighing parcels.
• Supervise other mail sorters.
• Train new workers.
• Distribute incoming mail into the correct boxes or pigeonholes.
• 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.
• Clear jams in sorting equipment.
• 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.
• Open and label mail containers.
• Rewrap soiled or broken parcels.

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