Postal Service Mail Carriers
Sort and deliver mail for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Deliver mail on established route by vehicle or on foot. Includes postal service mail carriers employed by USPS contractors.
What is this job like?
- Sort mail for delivery, arranging it in delivery sequence.
- Return incorrectly addressed mail to senders.
- Record address changes and redirect mail for those addresses.
- Complete forms that notify publishers of address changes.
- Obtain signed receipts for registered, certified, and insured mail, collect associated charges, and complete any necessary paperwork.
- Sell stamps and money orders.
- Return to the post office with mail collected from homes, businesses, and public mailboxes.
- Sign for cash-on-delivery and registered mail before leaving the post office.
- Scan labels on letters or parcels to confirm receipt.
- Leave notices telling patrons where to collect mail that could not be delivered.
- Travel to post offices to pick up the mail for routes or pick up mail from postal relay boxes.
- Maintain accurate records of deliveries.
- Answer customers' questions about postal services and regulations.
- Enter change of address orders into computers that process forwarding address stickers.
- Obtain signed receipts for registered, certified, and insured mail, collect associated charges, and complete any necessary paperwork.
- Turn in money and receipts collected along mail routes.
- Record address changes and redirect mail for those addresses.
- Bundle mail in preparation for delivery or transportation to relay boxes.
- Register, certify, and insure parcels and letters.
- Provide customers with change of address cards and other forms.
- Register, certify, and insure parcels and letters.
- Hold mail for customers who are away from delivery locations.
- Deliver mail to residences and business establishments along specified routes by walking or driving, using a combination of satchels, carts, cars, and small trucks.
- Report any unusual circumstances concerning mail delivery, including the condition of street letter boxes.
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