ANZSCO 561212

Postal Delivery Officer

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

Also known as: Postie

Skills assessment authority

Occupation lists

Not listed

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

Registration & licensing

Registration or licensing may be required.

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