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1462 – Letter Carriers
Letter carriers sort and deliver mail, record delivery of registered mail and collect money for cash-on-delivery parcels. Letter carriers are employed by Canada Post Corporation.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Deliverer, mail
- Letter carrier
- Mail carrier
- Mail carrier, special delivery
- Mail collector
- Mail deliverer
- Postal carrier
- Postal service deliverer
- Postal worker
- Postman/woman
- Priority post carrier
- Rural mail carrier
- Special delivery mail carrier
- Letter carrier
- Mail carrier
- Rural mail carrier
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Letter carriers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Organize mail by address and load into mailbag
- Deliver letters, small parcels and other printed matter along established routes
- Deliver telegrams, special delivery and express mail
- Collect payment for cash-on-delivery service
- Record delivery of registered mail
- Leave notices that items could not be delivered and the location where they can be picked up
- Return undeliverable mail to postal station.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education is required.
- Two weeks to one month of training is provided by Canada Post Corporation.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with additional training or experience.
Exclusions
- Mail, Postal and Related Clerks (1461)
- Couriers, Messengers and Door-to-Door Distributors (1463)
- Letter carrier supervisors (in 1214 Supervisors, Mail and Message Distribution Occupations)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 1 – Business, Finance and Administration Occupations
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 14 – Clerical Occupations
- Minor group
- 146 – Mail and Message Distribution Occupations
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0