Group
Occupation

712232 Postal Delivery Officer

Latest release
Consultation draft: Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA)
Reference period
August 2026
Released
17/08/2026
Next release Unknown
First release

712232 Postal Delivery Officer

Delivers mail, usually by motorised transport, over allocated delivery rounds.

Registration or licensing may be required.

Alternative title

  • Postie

Skill level: 4

Main tasks

  • Sorts and organises mail for delivery
  • Completes daily vehicle safety checks and loads mail onto a delivery vehicle
  • Delivers mail to homes and businesses
  • Obtains signatures from recipients for some delivered items
  • Returns undelivered mail to a post office
  • Maintains records of mail counts, deliveries and equipment
  • Assists with checking wrongly addressed, missorted, undelivered and redirected mail, and processing freepost and underpaid mail
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