Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Examine, sort, and route mail by State, type of mail, or other scheme. Load, operate, and occasionally adjust and repair mail processing, sorting, and canceling machinery. Keep records of shipments, pouches, and sacks; and other duties related to mail handling within the postal service. Must complete a competitive exam.

• Mail Handler

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• 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.
• Direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer controlled keyboards or voice recognition 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.
• Rewrap soiled or broken parcels.
• Search directories to find correct addresses for redirected mail.
• Serve the public at counters or windows, such as by selling stamps and weighing parcels.
• Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.
• Supervise other mail sorters.
• Train new workers.
• Weigh articles to determine required postage.

• calculate monetary exchange
• conduct training for personnel
• direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
• distribute correspondence or mail
• insert mail into slots of mail rack
• inspect machinery or equipment to determine adjustments or repairs needed
• inspect mail preparation or handling machine output for defects
• inspect outgoing mail for conformance to standards or accuracy
• load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
• maintain records, reports, or files
• make minor repairs to mechanical equipment
• measure, weigh, or count products or materials
• monitor operation of mail preparation or handling machines
• operate alpha or numeric mail sorting systems
• operate scanner
• process mail through postage machine
• provide customer service
• sell products or services
• sort mail letters or packages
• use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
• use oral or written communication techniques