USPS Internships – ASSISTANT RURAL CARRIER

Job Description:

The Inspection Service criminal background check is conducted using United States information resources only (e.g., FBI fingerprint check, state and county checks). A criminal background check involves a 5-year inquiry for any location where the individual has resided, worked or gone to school within the United States or its territories. As a result of this limitation, the criminal background checks of individuals who have not resided in the United States or its territories for the preceding 5-years may not be considered complete. The Inspection Service may be able to process inquiries for U.S. Citizens only, but only if their time spent out of the country was spent as: a trailing spouse or dependent of someone working for the U.S. government (military or civilian), a missionary, a student attending school in a foreign country, a Peace Corps participant, or as an employee of a U.S.-based employer/company. If the Inspection Service is unable to perform a complete background check because of residency outside the United States, such individuals will be ineligible for Postal employment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Returns mail collected, undeliverable mail, and submits monies and receipts to post office.
• Delivers mail and packages to customers along a prescribed route or as an auxiliary assistant by a vehicle; collects monies and receipts for accountable mail; picks up mail from customers’ roadside boxes.
• Sorts mail in delivery sequence for the assigned route.
• Furnishes routine information concerning postal matters to customer.
• Receives and signs for accountable mail.
• Loads mail and packages in vehicle.
• Prepares appropriate time records.
• Delivers packages to customers along a prescribed route.
• May be required to provide a vehicle for delivery if an employer provided vehicle is not assigned.
• Provides for mail security at all times.
• Loads packages in delivery sequence in vehicle.

Job Requirements:

• Applicants should have a valid state driver’s license, a safe driving record and at least two years of unsupervised experience driving passenger cars or larger in the U.S. or its possessions or territories or in U.S. military installations worldwide.
• Professional appearance and demeanor in such interactions.
• Applicants must have a valid state driver’s license and demonstrate and maintain a safe driving record.
• Carriers are required to provide service to the public. They must maintain a neat and
• Applicants must be physically able to perform the essential duties of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Qualified applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening to meet the U.S. Postal Service’s requirement to be drug free. Applicants must also be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident alien status.

Job Details:

Company:  United States Postal Service

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Columbia, SC, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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