Rural Carrier Associate; Rca

Overview

Functional

Purpose:

Cases, delivers, and collects mail along a prescribed rural route using a vehicle; provides customers on the route with a variety of services.

The Rural Carrier Associate position is a non-career role providing customers along a rural route with mail delivery, collection, and related services. Desirable candidates may be required to have a vehicle suitable for use and live within easy commuting distance of the facility location. The job is physically demanding and may involve working indoors and outdoors in all types of weather;

carriers may be required to load and unload trays and containers of mail and parcels weighing up to 70 pounds. Work is usually on Saturdays and then on an as-needed basis to cover absence of the carrier.

Salary range: $20.38 per hour, paid bi-weekly.

DRIVING

REQUIRED:

Applicants must have a valid state driver’s license, a safe driving record, and at least two years of unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger. Driving must have occurred in the U.S. or its possessions or territories or on U.S. military installations worldwide. A personal vehicle suitable for use may be required for this position.

Postal Service employment is conditional upon meeting medical suitability, general eligibility and suitability, and background check requirements; if you receive a job offer, it will be conditional upon meeting these requirements even if you are allowed to begin working first.

• Sorts mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.
• Receives and signs for accountable mail.
• Loads mail in vehicle.
• Delivers mail to customers along a prescribed route and on a regular schedule by a vehicle; collects monies and receipts for accountable mail; picks up mail from customers' roadside boxes.
• Sells stamps, stamped paper and money orders; accepts C.O.D., registered, certified, and insured mail and parcel post; furnishes routine information concerning postal matters and provides requested forms to customer.
• Returns mail collected, undeliverable mail, and submits monies and receipts to post office.
• Prepares mail for forwarding and maintains records of change of address information.
• Prepares a daily trip report and maintains a list of the customers on the route.
• Conducts special surveys when required.
• Maintains an inventory of stamps and stamped paper as needed to provide service to customers on the route.
• Provides for mail security at all times.

Rural Carrier Associates are non-career employees who provide customers along a rural route a variety of services including delivering and collecting mail and selling stamps, supplies and money orders. Work is typically on Saturdays and on an as-needed basis to cover carrier absences.