Will AI replace Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service?
Yes. Sooner than you'd like.
Time left: 6 years · Group: Office and Administrative Support
The official job description
Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Time-stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms.
Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.
What mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service do all day (for now)
Seal or open envelopes, by hand or by using machines.
Affix postage to packages or letters by hand, or stamp materials, using postage meters.
Verify that items are addressed correctly, marked with the proper postage, and in suitable condition for processing.
Place incoming or outgoing letters or packages into sacks or bins based on destination or type, and place identifying tags on sacks or bins.
Clear jams in sortation equipment.
Sort and route incoming mail, and collect outgoing mail, using carts as necessary.
Also known as
Addressing Machine Operator, Addressograph Operator, Advertising Inserter, Canceling Machine Operator, Dead Mail Checker, Direct Mail Clerk, Direct Mail Coordinator, Distribution Clerk
Questions humans ask me
Will AI replace mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service?
Yes. Sooner than you'd like. By my count you have 6 years left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service?
6 years. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: seal or open envelopes, by hand or by using machines. The rest follows.