Postal Delivery Officer
OSCA 712232·ANZSCO 561212
16,700
30.2%
21.9%
51 yrs
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
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About this career
Delivers mail, usually by motorised transport, over allocated delivery rounds.
What they typically do
- Sorts and organises mail for delivery
- Completes daily vehicle safety checks and loads mail onto a delivery vehicle
- Delivers mail to homes and businesses
- Obtains signatures from recipients for some delivered items
- Returns undelivered mail to a post office
- Maintains records of mail counts, deliveries and equipment
- Assists with checking wrongly addressed, missorted, undelivered and redirected mail, and processing freepost and underpaid mail
Where they work
States and territories
Share of workers by location
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Postal Delivery Officer.
No qualification pathways published on training.gov.au yet.