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
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