Postal Service Mail Sorter / Processor / Processing Machine Operator

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: 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)

Tasks

• Clear jams in sorting equipment.
• Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
• Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.

Knowledge

• English Language

Skills

• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking

Abilities

• Near Vision
• Manual Dexterity
• Written Comprehension
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Perceptual Speed
• Multilimb Coordination
• Static Strength
• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Finger Dexterity
• Trunk Strength
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity