Mail Clerk
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 5
- Major group
- Clerical and Administrative Workers
Classification
- Major group
- 5Clerical and Administrative Workers
- Sub-major group
- 56Clerical and Office Support Workers
- Minor group
- 561Clerical and Office Support Workers
- Unit group
- 5614Mail Sorters
Description
Collects, sorts and despatches mail within an organisation.
Alternative titles
- Mail Officer
Unit group
5614 · Mail SortersDescription
Mail Sorters receive, sort and despatch mail in organisations and postal sorting centres.
Skill level
Occupation skill level 5
Australia
AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)
New Zealand
NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5) For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.
Tasks
Tasks include
- receiving and checking incoming mail and mail bags
- assisting with the verification of registered and special articles
- operating mail processing equipment such as letter preparation lines, letter indexing and sorting equipment
- performing manual sorting duties and preparing documentation for despatching mail
- processing underpaid mail, bulk mail lodgements, express mail and other mail services
- operating letter indexing and sorting machines, multi-line optical character machines and bar-coding equipment
- investigating complaints regarding lost items
Occupations in this unit group
Sources
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