Description
Handle acceptance, rating, processing, and dispatch of parcels at USPS retail counters and operations. Receive packages, verify eligibility and packaging, compute and collect postage, apply labels and extra services, scan and track items, sort and prepare containers, and resolve parcel delivery issues. Includes clerks employed by USPS contractors.
Skills
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Service Orientation
Resource Management Skills
- • Time Management
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Monitoring
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Quantitative Abilities
- • Mathematical Reasoning
- • Number Facility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Perceptual Speed
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Trunk Strength
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administrative
- • Sales and Marketing
- • Customer and Personal Service
Engineering and Technology
- • Computers and Electronics
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Related specializations
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Related Pathways
Public Service & Safety
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
