NorthStar

Occupations/43-5053.00

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators

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.

High school

Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.

AI automation risk

80%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

20%

Fewer uniquely human demands

Task orientation

82%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.

  • Mostly routine

    Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.

  • Mostly routine

    Clear jams in sorting equipment.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Clear jams in sorting equipment.
  2. 02Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
  3. 03Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.66
  • Degree of automation3.73
  • Time sitting1.85
  • Originality (ability)1.88
  • Conflict situations2.95
  • Hands-on objects/tools4.51
  • Outdoors / weather1.37
  • Disease exposure1.19
  • Decision freedom3.24

Top abilities

  • Near Vision3.75
  • Manual Dexterity3.38
  • Written Comprehension3.12
  • Static Strength3.12
  • Perceptual Speed3.12
  • Multilimb Coordination3.12
  • Information Ordering3.12
  • Category Flexibility3.12

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.00
  • Active Listening2.88
  • Writing2.25
  • Speaking3.00
  • Mathematics2.00
  • Science1.00
  • Critical Thinking3.00
  • Active Learning2.12
  • Learning Strategies2.12
  • Monitoring3.12

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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