MAIL HANDLER ASSISTANT

Functional Purpose

Loads, unloads, and moves bulk mail and performs other duties incidental to the movement and processing of mail.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Unloads mail from trucks.
• Separates all mail received from trucks and conveyors for dispatch to other conveying units and separates and delivers mail for delivery to distribution areas.
• Places empty sacks or pouches on racks, labels them where prearranged or where racks are plainly marked, dumps mail from sacks, cuts ties, faces letter mail, carries mail to distributors for processing, places processed mail into sacks, removes filled sacks and pouches from racks and closes and locks sacks and pouches.
• Picks up sacks, pouches, and outside pieces, separates outgoing bulk mails for dispatch and loads mail onto trucks.
• Handles and sacks empty equipment; inspects empty equipment for mail and restrings sacks.
• Cancels stamps on parcel post, operates cancelling machines, and carries mail from cancelling machine to distribution area.
• Assists in supply and slip rooms and operates copy machine and related office equipment.
• May make occasional simple distribution of parcel post mail that requires no scheme knowledge.
• Operates electric forklifts.
• Rewraps damaged parcels.
• Weighs incoming sacks.
• Cleans and sweeps work areas, offices, rest rooms, and trucks where work is not performed by a regular cleaner.
• Operates equipment and machinery assigned to the jurisdiction of the Mail Handler Union.
• Performs other duties as assigned.