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Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators - 43-5053.00

O*NET-SOC Description

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.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

Automation Clerk
Computer Forwarding System Markup Clerk (CFS Markup Clerk)
Distribution Clerk
Flat Sorting Machine Clerk (FSM Clerk)
Mail Handler

Mail Handler Equipment Operator
Mail Processing Clerk
Mail Processor
Parcel Post Distribution Machine Operator (PDPMO)
Small Package and Bundle Sorter Clerk (SPBS Clerk)

SOC Occupation Groups

43-0000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations
43-5000	Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Workers
43-5050	Postal Service Workers
43-5053.00	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

Related Occupations

43-4071.00	File Clerks
43-5051.00	Postal Service Clerks
43-5071.00	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
43-5111.00	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
43-9021.00	Data Entry Keyers
43-9051.00	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
43-9071.00	Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
53-7062.00	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Bright Outlook
53-7062.04	Recycling and Reclamation Workers
53-7065.00	Stockers and Order Fillers

Tasks

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.
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.
Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.
Train new workers.