Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a mail clerk can go next

4 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a mail clerk already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Mail clerks perform mail handling, sorting, recording and other duties in connection with mail services from post offices or related organisations. They keep records of the incoming and outgoing packages and letters in the establishment.

Also known as mail room clerk, post office mail clerk, sorting clerk, mail sorter.

Clerical support workers 19 skills on file 4 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: postman/postwoman, 40%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
postman/postwoman 40% covered motorcycle delivery person 22% covered bicycle courier 22% covered car and van delivery driver 16% covered mail clerk You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 4 nearest destinations from mail clerk, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a mail clerk already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A mail clerk needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • keep written records of cargo information skills
  • operate mailing information systems information skills
  • ensure the integrity of mail handling and moving
  • keep records of merchandise delivery information skills
  • organise mail deliveries management skills
  • differentiate types of packages handling and moving
  • liaise with transportation companies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • handle mail management skills
  • keep records of customer interaction information skills
  • apply information security policies assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a mail clerk does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Mail clerk is filed under Clerical support workers, ISCO major group 4. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a mail clerk’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.