Postal Mail Machine Operator
- Ideal for those who enjoy hands-on work with advanced mail processing technology.
- Ensure efficient mail delivery, impacting communities and businesses nationwide.
- Operate and maintain diverse machinery, keeping the postal system running smoothly.
💰 Earn $45K-$72K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
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.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Risky (Decreasing by 5% or more)
Day-to-Day
- 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.
- Direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer-controlled keyboards or voice-recognition 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.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
You are skilled in 💫
- Active Learning
- Complex Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Mathematics
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Job security
- Personal relationships
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Postal Mail Machine Operator
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