About this role
Postal Sorting Officers receive, sort and despatch mail in post offices or postal sorting centres.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Postal Sorting Officer include:
- receives and checks incoming mail and mail bags
- assists with the verification of registered and special articles
- operates mail processing equipment such as letter preparation lines, letter indexing and sorting machines, multi-line optical character machines and bar-coding equipment
- performs manual sorting duties and prepares documentation for dispatching mail
- processes underpaid mail, bulk mail lodgements, express mail and other mail services
- investigates complaints regarding lost items.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Postal Sorting Officer
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Learn skills in transport, warehousing and logistics to keep goods moving safely and on time.
- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 2 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 1 year
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available