Postal services
Postal worker CV: example and template
This example is for postal workers and delivery staff at postal operators and delivery firms, and for couriers, drivers and people looking for outdoor work with people.
The employer wants to know which round you cover, how many items you deliver, how you work with the scanner and documents, whether you deliver benefit payments and whether you sell services. We show you how to describe this on your CV.
How to write a postal worker CV
Professional summary
Write which round you cover, how many items you deliver and what else you do. Add a result, for example settlements with no discrepancies. The employer is looking for a postal worker who is honest, accurate and punctual and gets on well with residents.
Shop assistant with 4 years of experience at a grocery shop. I work the till, receive deliveries and serve customers. I hold a category B driving licence. I am looking for work as a postal worker.
Experience: duties and achievements
Describe the round, number of addresses and items, types of items, benefit payments, terminal, settlements and sales. Show results in numbers. Add a driving licence if you deliver by car.
Weaker: Delivering.
Better: Around 300 items a day: letters, registered mail and parcels.
Weaker: Round.
Better: A round of around 1,200 addresses in the city and suburbs.
Weaker: Settlements.
Better: Delivery terminal and settlements with no discrepancies.
Skills worth listing
List delivering, knowledge of the round, the terminal, settlements, sales and customer contact. In your soft skills show honesty, punctuality and fitness.
Professional skills
- Delivering post
- Round knowledge
- Terminal
- Settlements
- Sales
- Driving licence
Personal skills
- Honesty
- Punctuality
- Fitness
- Politeness
- Independence
Training
List training in handling items and cash and your driving licence. Postal operators train new staff on the job.
How to become a postal worker
This is a job that does not require experience. On your CV show work with customers and money, for example in a shop or at a till.
Add good fitness and knowledge of the area. A postal worker covers a long route every day on foot, by bike or by car.
Tailoring your CV to the job offer
A postal operator looks for registered mail and benefit payments, a delivery firm for fast parcel delivery, and a rural round for a driving licence and independence. Move to the top what the job ad is about. If you deliver on a rural round or in several villages, give how many kilometres you cover a day. Also say whether you cover other postal workers' rounds, because it shows that you learn new routes quickly. If you serve business customers or work at the counter, add this too. Also say whether you work in any weather.
Questions and answers
What should a postal worker put on a CV?
The round, number of addresses and items, types of items, benefit payments, terminal, settlements, sales and driving licence.
Does a postal worker need experience?
No, postal operators train new staff.
Is a driving licence needed?
On rural rounds and for parcels, often yes.
Which results are worth giving?
The number of items a day, settlements with no discrepancies and few complaints.