This position requires employees to be on their feet all day. Loads and unloads containers of mail. Mail handlers transport mail and empty equipment throughout the building. They also open and empty sacks of mail. This position requires heavy lifting.
Most postal employees work in a plant environment.
A variety of machinery, conveyer belts, and special equipment for moving heavy loads are part of most Postal Service work areas. The work often requires the lrfting of heavy objects and can be dirty and physically demanding. Postal employees also work in local post offices, where they deliver the mail in all kinds of weather. Some other employees working at post offices sell stamps and merchandise to the public.