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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Postal Clerks

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Perform any combination of tasks in a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office, such as receive letters and parcels; sell postage and revenue stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes; fill out and sell money orders; place mail in pigeon holes of mail rack or in bags; and examine mail for correct postage. Includes postal service clerks employed by USPS contractors.

Postal Service Clerks · O*NET 43-5051.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

2 of 7tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

3 matched to the tools postal service clerks use. Showing 3.

  • Fiddle

    MCP server

    Inventory software for fast growing businesses.

    Fiddle

  • Inventory Planner

    App

    Inventory Planner is a software that helps businesses automate inventory management and planning on a centralized platform. It is an essential tool for businesses with large inventories and multiple locations. Avoid overstock and out-of-stocks through accurate, data-driven foreca

  • Microsoft

    MCP server

The tools this job actually uses

7 documented for this occupation. Showing 7, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Microsoft Windowshot
  • Budgeting software
  • Delivery operations information system DOIS
  • Electronic Time Clock ETC
  • Inventory tracking software
  • NCR Advanced Store
  • Time and Attendance Collection System TACS

What this job involves

20 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 20.

  1. Sell and collect payment for products such as stamps, prepaid mail envelopes, and money orders.
  2. Weigh letters and parcels, compute mailing costs based on type, weight, and destination, and affix correct postage.
  3. Keep money drawers in order, and record and balance daily transactions.
  4. Check mail to ensure correct postage and that packages and letters are in proper condition for mailing.
  5. Register, certify, and insure letters and parcels.
  6. Complete forms regarding changes of address, or theft or loss of mail, or for special services such as registered or priority mail.
  7. Sort incoming and outgoing mail, according to type and destination, by hand or by operating electronic mail-sorting and scanning devices.
  8. Receive letters and parcels, and place mail into bags.
  9. Put undelivered parcels away, retrieve them when customers come to claim them, and complete any related documentation.
  10. Obtain signatures from recipients of registered or special delivery mail.
  11. Respond to complaints regarding mail theft, delivery problems, and lost or damaged mail, filling out forms and making appropriate referrals for investigation.
  12. Answer questions regarding mail regulations and procedures, postage rates, and post office boxes.
  13. Provide assistance to the public in complying with federal regulations of Postal Service and other federal agencies.
  14. Transport mail from one work station to another.
  15. Rent post office boxes to customers.
  16. Provide customers with assistance in filing claims for mail theft, or lost or damaged mail.
  17. Feed mail into postage canceling devices or hand stamp mail to cancel postage.
  18. Cash money orders.
  19. Order retail items and other supplies for office use.
  20. Stock lobby with retail merchandise.
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