74100 Mail and parcel sorters and related occupations

What this occupation covers

Mail and parcel sorters and workers in related occupations process and sort mail and parcels in post offices, mail processing plants, warehouses and internal mail rooms. They are employed by Canada Post Corporation, courier and parcel express companies and establishments throughout the public and private sectors.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 9 main duties for this code.

• Sort mail according to destination
• Bundle, label, bag and route sorted mail to the proper delivery stream
• Operate vehicles and material handling equipment in order to sort mail and load postal trucks
• Search directories to find the correct address for redirected mail.
• Receive, process, sort and distribute incoming and outgoing mail, faxes, messages and courier packages manually or electronically
• Maintain address databases and produce personalized mailings
• Print and photocopy material, stuff envelopes and affix address labels
• Weigh outgoing mail, calculate and affix proper postage, and bundle by postal code
• May operate and maintain print shop and mailing house equipment.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 9 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 74102 Couriers and messengers
• 74101 Letter carriers
• 64401 Postal services representatives
• 72025 Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations

Excluded from this code

• Couriers and messengers (See 74102 Couriers and messengers)
• Letter carriers (See 74101 Letter carriers)
• Postal services representatives (See 64401 Postal services representatives)
• Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations (See 72025 Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

addressing machine operator - mail and parcel sorting · address-labelling machine tender · address-plate inserter · envelope-sealing and envelope-imprinting machine tender · inserting machine tender - mail and parcel sorting · letter sorting clerk · mail dispatcher · mail distribution clerk · mail filing clerk · mail handler · mail processing clerk · mail sortation clerk · mail sorter · mail tracing clerk · mailing machine operator · mail-sorting system operator · package handler · parcel sorter · postal clerk - mail and parcel sorting · sorting and routing clerk · stamp-cancelling machine tender - mail and parcel sorting · warehouse worker - mail and parcel sorting · warehouse worker - mail and postal services

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school and some college office administration courses may be required.
• On-the-job training is required.
• Physical fitness may be required for some occupations in this unit group.