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Automations for Mail Sorters

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 occupation: Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators (43-5053.00). The software list and tasks below come from that record, not from guesswork.

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  1. Direct items according to established routing schemes, using computer-controlled keyboards or voice-recognition equipment.Quote it
  2. 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.Quote it
  3. Clear jams in sorting equipment.Quote it
  4. Bundle, label, and route sorted mail to designated areas, depending on destinations and according to established procedures and deadlines.Quote it
  5. Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.Quote it
  6. Move containers of mail, using equipment, such as forklifts and automated "trains".Quote it

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