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Become A Mail Opener

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Working As A Mail Opener

  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
  • Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
  • Handling and Moving Objects
  • Performing General Physical Activities
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

  • Outdoors/walking/standing

  • Repetitive

  • Stressful

  • $79,000

    Average Salary

What Does A Mail Opener Do

Postal service workers sell postal products and collect, sort, and deliver mail. 

Duties

Postal service workers typically do the following:

  • Collect letters and parcels
  • Sort incoming letters and parcels
  • Sell stamps and other postal products
  • Get customer signatures for registered, certified, and insured mail
  • Operate various types of postal equipment
  • Distribute incoming mail from postal trucks

Postal service workers receive and process mail for delivery to homes, businesses, and post office boxes. Workers are classified based on the type of work they perform.

The following are examples of types of Postal Service workers:

Postal service mail carriers deliver mail to homes and businesses in cities, towns, and rural areas. Most travel established routes, delivering and collecting mail. Carriers cover their routes by foot, vehicle, or a combination of both. Some mail carriers collect money for postage due. Others, particularly in rural areas, sell postal products, such as stamps and money orders. All carriers must be able to answer customers’ questions about postal regulations and services and, upon request, provide change-of-address cards and other postal forms. 

Postal service clerks sell stamps, money orders, postal stationery, mailing envelopes, and boxes in post offices throughout the country. These workers register, certify, and insure mail, calculate and collect postage, and answer questions about other postal matters. They also may help sort mail.

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution at post offices and mail processing centers. They load and unload postal trucks and move mail around processing centers. They also operate and adjust mail processing and sorting machinery.

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How To Become A Mail Opener

A high school diploma or equivalent is required to become a postal service worker. All applicants for these jobs must take a written exam. 

Education

Although there is no specific postsecondary education requirement to become a postal service worker, all applicants must have a good command of English.

Postal service mail carriers must be at least 18 years old. They must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident-alien status. Males must have registered with the Selective Service when they reached age 18.

All applicants must pass a written exam that measures speed and accuracy at checking names and numbers and the ability to memorize mail distribution procedures. Jobseekers should contact the post office or mail processing center where they want to work to find out when exams are given.

When accepted, applicants must undergo a criminal background check and pass a physical exam and a drug test. Applicants also may be asked to show that they can lift and handle heavy mail sacks. Mail carriers who drive at work must have a safe driving record, and applicants must receive a passing grade on a road test.

Training

Newly hired postal service workers receive short-term on-the-job training, usually lasting less than 1 month. Those who have a mail route may initially work alongside an experienced carrier.

Important Qualities

Customer-service skills. Postal service workers, particularly clerks, regularly interact with customers. As a result, they must be courteous and tactful and provide good client service. 

Physical stamina. Postal service workers, particularly carriers, must be able to stand or walk for long periods.

Physical strength. Postal service workers must be able to lift heavy mail bags and parcels without injuring themselves.

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Average Length of Employment
Mail Carriers Supervisor 9.3 years
Bulk Mail Technician 7.5 years
Rural Mail Carrier 4.5 years
Mail Processing 3.0 years
Mail Distributor 2.5 years
Opener 1.5 years
Mail Opener 1.0 years
Top Careers Before Mail Opener
Cashier 23.9%
Customer Service Representative 11.0%
Office Assistant 7.3%
Sorter 6.4%
Assistant 6.4%
Office Clerk 4.6%
Clerk 3.7%
Sales Associate 3.7%
Certified Nursing Assistant 2.8%
Data Entry Operator 2.8%
Dispatcher 2.8%
Volunteer 2.8%
Technician 2.8%
Switchboard Operator 2.8%
Machine Operator 2.8%
Specialist 2.8%
Waitress 2.8%
Accounting Clerk 2.8%
Accounts Payable Clerk 2.8%
Teacher Aide 2.8%
Top Careers After Mail Opener
Cashier 18.4%
Customer Service Representative 14.6%
Housekeeper 4.9%
Warehouse Associate 4.9%
Certified Nursing Assistant 4.9%
Data Entry Operator 4.9%
Sales Associate 4.9%
Office Assistant 4.9%
Data Entry Clerk 3.9%
Home Health Aid 3.9%
Receptionist 3.9%
Internship 2.9%
Data Entry Associate 2.9%
Project Analyst 2.9%
Operator 2.9%
Clerk 2.9%
Bagger 2.9%
Massage Therapist 2.9%
Truck Driver 2.9%
Security Officer 2.9%

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Top Skills for A Mail Opener

  1. Sort
  2. Opex
  3. Data Entry
You can check out examples of real life uses of top skills on resumes here:
  • Open and sort customer remittances utilizing an automated mail extractor according to customer specifications and deadlines.
  • Entered Data into computer*Opened Mail*Captured images on Opex 3690
  • Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors.

Mail Opener Demographics

Gender

Female

62.5%

Unknown

19.1%

Male

18.4%
Ethnicity

White

62.1%

Hispanic or Latino

15.9%

Black or African American

11.3%

Asian

6.7%

Unknown

4.0%
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Foreign Languages Spoken

Spanish

50.0%

Swedish

25.0%

Khmer

25.0%

Mail Opener Education

Schools

University of Phoenix

8.3%

Southern New Hampshire University

8.3%

Columbus State University

5.6%

King's College

5.6%

J Sargeant Reynolds Community College

5.6%

Rock Valley College

5.6%

City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College

5.6%

State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill

5.6%

A-Technical College

5.6%

Lehigh Carbon Community College

5.6%

Strayer University

5.6%

Mississippi College

5.6%

Community College of Allegheny County

5.6%

Hillsborough Community College

5.6%

Brown University

2.8%

Gwinnett Technical College

2.8%

Edison State Community College

2.8%

Washburn University of Topeka

2.8%

South University-The Art Institute of Dallas

2.8%

Illinois Center for Broadcasting

2.8%
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Majors

Business

16.9%

Accounting

11.3%

Psychology

7.0%

Medical Assisting Services

7.0%

Criminal Justice

7.0%

Nursing

5.6%

Health Care Administration

5.6%

Management

4.2%

Computer Science

4.2%

Computer Information Systems

2.8%

Culinary Arts

2.8%

Finance

2.8%

Cosmetology

2.8%

Elementary Education

2.8%

Human Services

2.8%

General Studies

2.8%

Secretarial And Administrative Science

2.8%

Communication

2.8%

Education

2.8%

Liberal Arts

2.8%
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Degrees

Other

43.0%

Associate

23.3%

Bachelors

20.9%

Certificate

7.0%

Diploma

3.5%

Masters

2.3%
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