Index
Intro
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.
Progression to supervisory positions is possible with additional training or experience.
Main 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 indicating 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.
All Titles
- deliverer, mail
- letter carrier
- mail carrier
- mail carrier, special delivery
- mail collector
- mail deliverer
- postal carrier
- postal service deliverer
- postal worker
- postman/womanpostman, postwoman
- priority post carrier
- rural mail carrier
- special delivery mail carrier
Exclusions
- Couriers, messengers and door-to-door distributors (1513)
- Letter carrier supervisors (See 1214 Supervisors, mail and message distribution occupations)
- Mail, postal and related workers (1511)