Postal Sorting Officer
- 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
Receives, sorts and despatches mail in a post office or postal sorting centre.
Specialisations
- Parcel Post Officer
Unit group
5614 · Mail SortersDescription
UNIT GROUP 5614 MAIL SORTERS MAIL SORTERS receive, sort and despatch mail in organisations and postal sorting centres.
Skill level
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.
Occupation skill level 5
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
No migration-list data supplied for this code.