Occupation Atlasmail clerk
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/511f366c-ba41-4826-9622-8cda6d6e3b91
mail clerk
Mail clerks perform mail handling, sorting, recording and other duties in connection with mail services from post offices or related organisations. They keep records of the incoming and outgoing packages and letters in the establishment.
Compare with another occupationCompare with postman/postwoman
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CREConventional · Realistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.46
- R Realistic4.01
- E Enterprising2.14
- S Social2.01
- I Investigative1.00
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service (43-9051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (15)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply information security policies
- differentiate types of packages
- ensure the integrity of mail
- establish daily priorities
- handle mail
- keep records of customer interaction
- keep records of merchandise delivery
- keep task records
- keep written records of cargo
- liaise with colleagues
- liaise with transportation companies
- maintain privacy of service users
- operate mailing information systems
- organise mail deliveries
- record customers' personal data
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 15 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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