Profession Post sorting or distributing clerk

Post sorting or distributing clerks prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution.

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Collect outgoing mail, check that items are in a suitable condition for processing and determine manner in which mail is to be sent.
Check items to ensure that the appropriate documentation is attached and that addresses are legible and correct, and operate machines for addressing the material if necessary.
Check that sufficient postage has been paid and, if necessary, affix postage by hand or using postmarking machines.
Sort outgoing items according to routing schemes, bundle, label and route sorted mail to designated areas depending on destinations and according to established procedures and deadlines.
Contact delivery or courier services to arrange delivery of letters and parcels.
Issue receipts for the collection and delivery of registered or recorded mail and other items.
Receive, open, check and label containers of incoming mail from large volume mailers, couriers and contractors.
Sort, route and distribute incoming mail into correct boxes, pigeonholes etc., if necessary using sorting equipment, such as electronic mail-sorting and scanning devices.
Check wrongly addressed, missorted, undelivered and redirected mail, search directories to find correct addresses, and process freepost and underpaid mail.
Check the mail items in respect to damage, and in case notice any, report to supervisor.
Prepare and maintain records and documentation of material received or despatched.