Rural Carrier Associate; Rca

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

Functional

Purpose:

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

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 vehicles. The driving must have taken place in the U.S. or its territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide. A personal vehicle suitable for use may be required.

Employment is conditional upon meeting medical suitability, general eligibility, suitability, and background check requirements.

• Sorts mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.
• Receives and signs for accountable mail.
• Loads mail into vehicle.
• Delivers mail to customers along a prescribed route and on a regular schedule by 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 customers.
• 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.

• Must be able to load and unload trays and containers of mail and parcels weighing as much as 70 pounds.
• Work is physically demanding, performed indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Typically works Saturdays; may work on an as-needed basis to cover absence of carrier.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Other

• Government Administration