Career pathway

Postal Delivery Officer

ANZSCO 561212

Employed

14,100

Part-time share

27%

Female share

24%

Median age

51 yrs

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Salary and some workforce figures are suppressed for this occupation because Jobs and Skills Australia / the ABS do not publish estimates for small populations (typically fewer than 50 employed people) or because the figures have been perturbed for privacy. They are shown as unavailable rather than zero.

About this career

Postal Delivery Officers deliver mail on foot, by bicycle or by motorised transport over allocated delivery rounds.

What they typically do

Sorts and sequences items for delivery.
Delivers mail, parcels, documents and other items to customers' premises and mailboxes.
Loads and unloads mail conveyances and internal mail handling equipment.
Maintains log books, directories, mail counts, equipment maintenance logs and other delivery records.
Assists with receipting inward mail, checking wrongly addressed, mis-sorted, undelivered and redirected mail, and processing freepost and underpaid mail and some freight.

States and territories

Share of workers by location

NSW

33%

VIC

24.9%

QLD

19.8%

10.3%

6.9%

TAS

2.7%

ACT

1.7%

0.6%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Postal Delivery Officer.

No qualification pathways published on training.gov.au yet.