Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators in Battle Creek, Michigan
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.
Career Projections for Battle Creek, Michigan
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators on average make:
$60,320 ($29.00/hour).
The number of positions in Battle Creek, Michigan are:
53
and by 2029 that number is projected to:
decrease to 49.
We predict that due to job growth or retirements there will be approximately:
4 every year.
The typical education needed to enter this job is:
a no formal education.
The typical training needed after hire is:
short-term on-the-job training.
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Other Job Titles
Assorter, Automation Clerk, Computer Forwarding System Markup Clerk (CFS Markup Clerk), Dead Mail Checker, Distribution Clerk, Distribution Handler, Distributor, Equipment Operator, File Conversion Operator, Flat Sorter Operator
Technology/Skills
Microsoft Outlook
Tools Used
Addressographs, Automatic airline assignment systems, Automatic pallet unloaders, Barcode scanners, Barcode sorters, Compact assignment machines, Computer data input scanners, Conveyor belts, Conveyor sorting systems, Copy machines
Tasks
- Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
- Clear jams in sorting equipment.
- Sort odd-sized mail by hand, sort mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregate items requiring special handling.
Personality
Integrity, Attention to Detail, Dependability, Cooperation, Self-Control, Stress Tolerance, Independence, Adaptability/Flexibility, Achievement/Effort, Initiative
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