The tasks · Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine OperatorsSOC 43-5053.00
Verify addresses, postage, and documentationWhat can do this →
88% · agentMostly automatable
Route and direct mail using computer systemsWhat can do this →
85% · agentMostly automatable
Operate scanning, OCR, and barcode sorting equipmentWhat can do this →
82% · agentMostly automatable
Search directories for correct addressesWhat can do this →
78% · agentMostly automatable
Sort odd-sized and problem mail by handWhat can do this →
68% · agentMostly automatable
Clear equipment jams and maintain machinesWhat can do this →
18% · you keepBarely automatable
The team5 agents · 5 need no setup
Address & documentation verification agent
Barcode reader software · Directory software · Delivery operations information system DOIS
● No integration needed
Mail routing agent
Delivery Routing System DRS · Address Management System AMS · Delivery operations information system DOIS
● No integration needed
Equipment operation agent
Multi-line optical character reader OCR software · Barcode reader software · Automated Package Processing System APPS
● No integration needed
Address lookup agent
Directory software · Address Management System AMS · Search
● No integration needed
Mail classification agent
Barcode reader software · Multi-line optical character reader OCR software · Delivery operations information system DOIS
● No integration needed
You keep this
Clear physical equipment jams and perform hands-on maintenanceLoad and unload mail trucks and move containers physicallyTrain new workers on procedures and equipmentHandle and rewrap damaged parcels requiring manual intervention
Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.
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The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.
