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Will AI replace Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators?
O*NET occupation 43-5053.00
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 alternate job titles
- Sorter
- Postal Service Mail Processor
- Sorting Machine Operator
- Mail Processing Agent
- Letter Sorting Machine Operator (LSM Operator)
- Mail Sorter
- Mail Processor
- Mail Handler Sorter
Example core tasks from the O*NET database
- Clear jams in sorting equipment.
- Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
- Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.
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