UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
GENERAL
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES – Rural Mail Carrier is responsible for the casing,
delivering, and collecting mail along a prescribed rural route using a vehicle;
provides customers on the route with a variety of services.
Rural Mail Carriers positions are non-career employees who provide customers along a rural route a variety of services including delivering and collecting mail and selling stamps, supplies, and money orders. Desirable candidates may be required to have a vehicle suitable for use and live within easy commuting distance of the facility location. The job is physically demanding. Work is performed indoors and outdoors in all types of weather. Carriers may be required to load and unload trays and containers of mail and parcels weighing as much as 70 pounds. Work is available usually on Saturdays, then on an as-needed basis to cover the absence of the carrier.
DRIVING
REQUIRED: Applicants must have a valid state driver’s license, a safe driving
record, and at least two years of unsupervised experience driving passenger
cars or larger. The driving must have taken place in the U.S. or its
possessions or territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide.