Sort mail for delivery. Deliver mail on established route by vehicle or on foot.

Other names for Postal Service Mail Carriers: Carrier, Carrier Driver, City Letter Carrier, City Mail Carrier, Clerk Carrier, Collector, Delivery and Mail Sorter, Letter Carrier, Letter Carrier Technician, Mail Carrier, Mail Carrier and Clerk, Mail Carrier Technician, Mail Deliverer, Mail Messenger, Mail Rider, Mail Sorter and Delivery, Mailman, Parcel Post Carrier, Parcel Post Delivery, Postal Carrier, Postal Mail Carrier, Postman, Route Carrier, Rural Carrier Associate (RCA), Rural Letter Carrier, Rural Mail Carrier, Rural Route Carrier, Rural Route Mail Carrier, Special Delivery Mail Carrier, Special Delivery Messenger, USPS Letter Carrier (United States Postal Service Letter Carrier),

• Obtain signed receipts for registered, certified, and insured mail; collect associated charges; and complete any necessary paperwork.
• Sort mail for delivery, arranging it in delivery sequence.
• Deliver mail to residences and business establishments along specified routes by walking and/or driving, using a combination of satchels, carts, cars, and small trucks.
• Return to the post office with mail collected from homes, businesses, and public mailboxes.
• Turn in money and receipts collected along mail routes.
• Sign for cash-on-delivery and registered mail before leaving the post office.
• Record address changes and redirect mail for those addresses.
• Hold mail for customers who are away from delivery locations.
• Bundle mail in preparation for delivery or transportation to relay boxes.
• Leave notices telling patrons where to collect mail that could not be delivered.
• Meet schedules for the collection and return of mail.
• Return incorrectly addressed mail to senders.
• Maintain accurate records of deliveries.
• Answer customers' questions about postal services and regulations.
• Provide customers with change of address cards and other forms.
• Report any unusual circumstances concerning mail delivery, including the condition of street letter boxes.
• Register, certify, and insure parcels and letters.
• Travel to post offices to pick up the mail for routes and/or pick up mail from postal relay boxes.
• Enter change of address orders into computers that process forwarding address stickers.
• Complete forms that notify publishers of address changes.
• Sell stamps and money orders.