Mail Sorter Resume Template
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Brittany Martin
Lead Mail Processing Clerk · Processing & Distribution Center
Los Angeles, CA · (213) 555-3675
brittany.martin@email.com · linkedin.com/in/brittanymartin
Profile
Mail processing clerk with 11 years at a Los Angeles P&DC, running letter and flat sorters that process up to 36,000 pieces an hour. Brought DBCS reject rates down from 4.1% to 2.6% and trains new clerks on automation.
Processing Experience
Lead Mail Processing Clerk
2021 – Present
USPS Los Angeles P&DC, Los Angeles, CA
- Lead 8 clerks on Tour 1 letter automation, setting machine assignments and sweep schedules.
- Run DBCS sort programs for outgoing and delivery point sequence mail at 36,000 pieces an hour.
- Cut DBCS reject rates from 4.1% to 2.6% by fixing feeder setup and tray labeling errors.
- Clear mail for critical dispatch times and log volumes and run times for the supervisor.
- Train new clerks on machine loading, jams, safe sweeping and placard and tray tag rules.
Mail Processing Clerk
2017 – 2021
USPS Los Angeles P&DC, Los Angeles, CA
- Operated the AFCS 200 to cancel and face 30,000+ collection letters an hour on the evening tour.
- Loaded and swept APPS parcel sorters, keying unreadable addresses to keep packages moving.
- Swept flats from the AFSM 100 into trays and sleeved and labeled them for dispatch.
- Handled hazardous and damaged mail per USPS procedure and routed it to the rewrap unit.
Mail Handler Assistant
2015 – 2017
USPS Industry P&DC, City of Industry, CA
- Moved containers and wiretainers with a tow motor between the dock and 12 sorting operations.
- Unloaded trailers, dumped sacks and separated letters, flats and parcels for machine feeding.
Core Skills
Letter & flat automation
DBCS sort plans
Parcel sorter keying
Critical dispatch timing
Jam clearing & sweeping
Hazardous mail handling
Tray & placard labeling
Equipment
Delivery Barcode Sorter (DBCS)AFCS 200AFSM 100APPS parcel sorterTACS
Certifications
USPS Postal Exam 476 (Mail Processing)
United States Postal Service
Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Certification
United States Postal Service
OSHA 10-Hour General Industry
OSHA Outreach Training Program
Education
High School Diploma
2012
Roosevelt High School
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Skills to list
- Automated Sorting Equipment
- OCR Scanning Systems
- Barcode Reading
- Forklift Operation
- Quality Control Checks
- Package Routing
- Inventory Tracking
- Safety Compliance
Software and tools
- Delivery operations information system DOIS
- Electronic Time Clock ETC
- Time and Attendance Collection System TACS
- SAP software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Address Management System AMS
- Delivery Routing System DRS
Duties to describe on a mail sorter resume
- Cleared jams in sorting equipment.
- Operated various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
- Sorted odd-sized mail by hand, sorted mail that other workers have been unable to sort, and segregated items requiring special handling.
- Directed items according to established routing schemes, using computer-controlled keyboards or voice-recognition equipment.
- Bundled, labeled, and routed sorted mail to designated areas, depending on destinations and according to established procedures and deadlines.
- Moved containers of mail, using equipment, such as forklifts and automated "trains".
Titles along the way
- Mail Sorter
- Mail Processing Machine Operator
- Distribution Operations Lead
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