Primary Craft Designations NA2019

Primary Craft Designations

Post Office PCD NA2019 Bulk Mail Centers PCD NA2019

001 Platform Acceptance and Weigher's Unit - Clerk

Operation	Function	Primary Craft
001 Platform Acceptance and Weigher's Unit	1. Accept, classify, and compute postage on second-and third-class mail.	Clerk
	2. Determine correct classification of second- and third-class and all other matter mailed under permit, and determine if sufficient deposit has been made by the mailer to cover the cost of mailing.	Clerk
	3. Accept pre-cancelled and meter matter mailed in bulk quantities and verify postage.	Clerk
	4. Accept other classes of mail and receipt if necessary.	Clerk
	5. Advise customers as to proper mailing procedures.	Clerk
	6. Maintain records of permit holders, deposits, withdrawals and miscellaneous information.	Clerk
	7. Make necessary reports and submit to the manager of finance or equivalent.	Clerk

010 Originating Mail Preparation - Mixed craft

Operation	Function	Primary Craft
010 Originating Mail Preparation	1. Transport empty equipment	Mail Handler
	2. Obtaining mail (courtesy windows, drop units, staging areas, etc.).	Mail Handler
	3. Open and dump sacks or other containers.	Mail Handler
	4. Cull (separate mail by type, and make basic local/out of town splits into trays, hampers, conveyors, etc.). Distribution to cases or sack/pouch racks will be assigned in accordance with the appropriate distribution operation.	Mail Handler
	5. Tray loose metered mail, etc.	Mail Handler
	6. Face and cancel letters on the facer canceler (Mark II or equivalent).	Mail Handler
	7. Cancel letters on Mark II that were rejected on first pass.	Mail Handler
	8. Hand cancel, cancel with Model G or other device.	Mail Handler
	9. Tray canceled mail for distribution operations.	Mail Handler
	10. Rate and cancel short paid mail.	Clerk
	11. Repair damaged letters.	Mail Handler
	12. Examine sacks for mail content.	Mail Handler
	13. Identifying and reporting, as appropriate, mail not meeting postal regulations.	Clerk
	14. Back stamping of missent mail.	Mail Handler

020 Originating Meter Mail Preparation - Mixed craft

Operation	Function	Primary Craft
020 Originating Meter Mail Preparation	1. Transporting empty equipment.	Mail Handler
	2. Prepare originating metered, permit imprint, and official penalty mail received from collection routes, lobby drop, dock, slides, chutes, conveyors, and other sources for distribution.	Mail Handler
	3. Traying letters and separating mail by type into different containers, separating by local and out of town.	Mail Handler
	4. Reporting mail with incorrect meter dates and rating short paid mail.	Clerk
	5. Identification and handling of presorted and riffle mail.	Clerk

029 Riffle Mail - Clerk

Operation	Function	Primary Craft
029 Riffle Mail	Distribution of customer sequenced mail by ZIP Code, state or otherwise, which is sorted by batches, avoiding piece by piece distribution. Riffle mail can be sorted at letter cases, tray packs or pouch racks, depending on the make up.	Clerk

030 Combined Outgoing/Incoming Letter Primary - Mixed craft

Operation	Function	Primary Craft
030 Combined Outgoing/Incoming Letter Primary	1. *Transporting empty equipment	Mail Handler
	2. *Obtaining letters from staging areas for distribution.	Mail Handler
	3. *Loading ledges.	Mail Handler
	4. Manual distribution of letter mail.	Clerk
	5. Distribution of NIXIE mail.	Clerk
	6. *Sweeping, containerizing and transporting.	Mail Handler
	7. Identifying and reporting, as appropriate, mail not meeting postal regulations.	Clerk
	8. *Pulling and transporting pouches and/or other containers.	Mail Handler

*In offices where the tasks of obtaining empty equipment, obtaining unprocessed mail, loading ledges, sweeping and containerizing is an integral part of the distribution function, the entire operation is a function of the primary craft performing the distribution.