Group
Occupation

712232 Postal Delivery Officer

Latest release
OSCA - Occupation Standard Classification for Australia
Reference period
2024, Version 1.0

712232 Postal Delivery Officer

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

Registration or licensing may be required.

Alternative title

  • Postie

Skill level: 4

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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