Group
Occupation

712232 Postal Delivery Officer

Latest release
Consultation draft: Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)
Reference period
July 2024
Released
25/07/2024
Next release Unknown
First release

712232 Postal Delivery Officer

Delivers mail, usually by motorised transport, over allocated delivery rounds.

Registration or licensing may be required.

Alternative title

  • Postie

ANZSCO skill level

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

  • Skill Level 4: AQF Certificate II, AQF Certificate III, or at least one year of relevant experience

New Zealand

  • Skill Level 4: NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience

Main tasks

  • Sorts and organises mail for delivery
  • Completes daily vehicle safety checks and loads mail onto a delivery vehicle
  • Delivers mail to homes and businesses
  • Obtains signatures from recipients for some delivered items
  • Returns undelivered mail to a post office
  • Maintains records of mail counts, deliveries, and equipment
  • Assists with checking wrongly addressed, missorted, undelivered, and redirected mail, and processing freepost and underpaid mail
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