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RURAL CARRIER ASSOCIATE (RCA)

United States Postal Service, Bradford, Vermont, us, 05033

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Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) Employer:

United States Postal Service

Post Date:

3 days ago

Salary:

$20.38 per hour, paid bi‑weekly

Driving Requirement:

Must have a valid state driver’s license, a safe driving record, and at least two years unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger. Driving must have taken place in the U.S., its possessions or territories, or U.S. military installations worldwide. A personal vehicle suitable for use may be required.

Functional Purpose:

Cases, delivers, and collects mail along a prescribed rural route using a vehicle; provides customers on the route with a variety of services.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Sorts mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.

Receives and signs for accountable mail.

Loads mail in vehicle.

Delivers mail to customers along a prescribed route and on a regular schedule by a vehicle; collects monies and receipts for accountable mail.

Picks up mail from customers' roadside boxes.

Sells stamps, stamped paper, and money orders; accepts C.O.D., registered, certified, and insured mail and parcel post; furnishes routine information concerning postal matters and provides requested forms to customers.

Returns mail collected, undeliverable mail, and submits monies and receipts to post office.

Prepares mail for forwarding and maintains records of change‑of‑address information.

Prepares a daily trip report and maintains a list of the customers on the route.

Conducts special surveys when required.

Maintains an inventory of stamps and stamped paper as needed to provide service to customers on the route.

Provides for mail security at all times.

Works on a rural route; may be required to load and unload trays and containers of mail and parcels weighing as much as 70 pounds.

Job is physically demanding; performed indoors and outdoors in all types of weather.

Additional Requirements:

Rural Carrier Associates are non‑career employees; may be required to have a vehicle suitable for use and to live within easy commuting distance of the facility location.

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