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64401.00 – Postal services representatives

Postal services representatives serve customers and record transactions at sales counters and postal wickets. They maintain inventory and order supplies in post offices and internal mail rooms.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Bus parcel express clerk
  • Express mail service clerk
  • Mail clerk
  • Mail room clerk
  • Postal counter clerk
  • Postal wicket clerk

Core competencies

  • Oral Communication: Active Listening to gather and interpret information about customer requests or problems to improve service quality and build positive relationships with customers
  • Time Management to prioritize processing mail, assisting customers, managing inventory and performing administrative duties according to deadlines
  • Trunk Strength to lift, carry and move heavy packages or mail items while working at counters or in mail rooms
  • Stamina to work through long periods of standing or walking, interacting with customers and performing repetitive tasks, such as processing transactions and handling mail
  • Attention to Detail to ensure transactions, such as mailing addresses and postage rates, are accurately processed to avoid mistakes that could lead to lost or delayed mail
  • Independence to handle tasks with minimal supervision, such as processing transactions, managing inventory and responding to customer inquiries
  • Knowledge in Clerical to maintain detailed and accurate records of transactions, mail handling and inventory management

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Calculate and affix the correct postage on letters, parcels and registered mail and receive payment from customers
  • Sell stamps, prepaid mail and courier envelopes and money orders
  • Route mail to the proper delivery stream
  • Sign or obtain signatures from recipients for registered or special delivery mail and keep records
  • Answer inquiries and complete forms regarding change of address, theft or loss of mail
  • Record and balance daily transactions.

Additional information

  • Progression to supervisory or facility management positions is possible with additional training or experience.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Couriers and messengers (74102)
  • Letter carriers (74101)
  • Mail and parcel sorters and related occupations (74100)
  • Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations (72025)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

6 – Sales and service occupations

TEER

4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training

Major group

64 – Sales and service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations

Sub-major group

644 – Occupations in customer, information and protective services

Minor group

6440 – Customer and information services representatives

Unit group

64401 – Postal services representatives

Occupational profile

64401.00 – Postal services representatives

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