Postal services representatives
serve customers and record transactions at sales counters and postal wickets. They maintain inventory and order supplies in post offices and internal mail rooms.
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Full NOC Description
Postal services representatives serve customers and record transactions at sales counters and postal wickets. They maintain inventory and order supplies in post offices and internal mail rooms. They are employed by Canada Post Corporation, courier and parcel express companies and establishments throughout the public and private sectors.
Main Duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Calculate and affix the correct postage on letters, parcels and registered mail and receive payment from customers
- Sell stamps, prepaid mail and courier envelopes and money orders
- Route mail to the proper delivery stream
- Sign or obtain signatures from recipients for registered or special delivery mail and keep records
- Answer inquiries and complete forms regarding change of address, theft or loss of mail
- Record and balance daily transactions.
Also Known As
- bus parcel express clerk
- express mail service clerk
- mail clerk
- mail room clerk
- postal counter clerk
Employment Requirements
- Completion of secondary school and some college office administration courses may be required.
- On-the-job training is required.
- Physical fitness may be required for some occupations in this unit group.
Provincial Regulation
Not Provincially Regulated
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The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons employed in this occupation in New Brunswick by which economic region they reside in.
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Economic Regions
The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.
The following graph shows the average salary of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.
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Economic Regions
The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.
The following represents the median hourly wage of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.
The following shows the average salary of everyone who worked full-time and year-round in this occupation across each of the Atlantic Provinces and nationally.
The following represents the number of job openings that are expected to occur in this occupation over the next three and ten years respectively, broken down by openings expected to result from growth (“new jobs”) and openings expected to result from attrition (death and retirements).
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