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Job Activities

Learn about the most important job activities for Postal Service Clerks. Also, find out how proficient you have to be in each job activity.

Importance*More Info
1.Getting Information78
2.Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events73
3.Performing for or Working Directly with the Public70
4.Handling and Moving Objects68
5.Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates64
6.Performing General Physical Activities63
7.Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards60
8.Processing Information59
9.Communicating with Persons Outside Organization56
Documenting/Recording Information56
* Importance out of 100

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Job Activity Scores

Getting Information
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
78
51
Follow a standard blueprintReview a budgetStudy international tax laws
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
73
57
Test an automobile transmissionJudge the acceptability of food productsDetermine the reaction of a virus to a new drug
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
70
60
Tend a highway toll boothSell shoes in a popular shoe storePerform a monologue on national TV
Handling and Moving Objects
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
68
74
Change settings on copy machinesArrange books in a libraryLoad boxes on an assembly line
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
64
52
Write brief notes to othersReport the results of a sales meeting to a supervisorCreate a videotaped presentation of a company's internal policies
Performing General Physical Activities
Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
63
47
Walk between work stations in a small officePaint the outside of a houseClimb up and down poles to install electricity
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
60
45
Review forms for completenessEvaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy termsMake a ruling in court on a complicated motion
Processing Information
Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
59
48
Tabulate the costs of parcel deliveriesCalculate the adjustments for insurance claimsCompile data for a complex scientific report
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
56
48
Have little contact with people outside the organizationMake standard presentations about available servicesPrepare or deliver press releases
Documenting/Recording Information
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
56
40
Record the weights of trucks that use the highwaysDocument the results of a crime scene investigationMaintain information about the use of orbiting satellites for private industry communications