Postal workers sort and prepare mail and parcels for delivery, deliver the mail and sell postage products.

Postal employees may perform some of the following tasks:

• receive, sort and dispatch mail and parcels to mail delivery, business centres and post offices
• lift mail bags and operate mechanical and automatic mail processing equipment
• collect, transport and deliver mail between post offices, mail delivery and business centres, airports and rail terminals
• clear street post boxes
• receive and transmit fax post
• maintain records and statistics

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There are no specific educational requirements for entry to postal employee positions. Applicants are usually required to take a selection test consisting of general and specific ability tests. No special study is required for the test.

The results obtained in the test determine placement on the successful candidate list. Candidates from this list are then interviewed. Successful applicants participate in a training course provided by Australia Post.

Did You Know? Half Crown Australian Aborigine Stamp. Gwoya Jungarai, known as One Pound Jimmy, of the Wailbri people of central Australia. He was the first named aboriginal person to appear on an Australian stamp, in 1950