Artisan

Archetype 9 Artisan

Great artisans are usually capable of:

  • Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials.
  • Performing precise and skillful manipulation of small objects.
  • Being active and proactive in regards to 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 materials.

Administrator

Archetype 1 Administrator

Any administrator should excel at:

  • Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates, as well as 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.
  • Maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
  • Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization, and getting them to work together to accomplish tasks by encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.

Other work activities related to Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

  • Directing items according to established routing schemes, using computer controlled keyboards or voice recognition equipment.
  • Bundling, labelling, and routing sorted mail to designated areas, depending on destinations and according to established procedures and deadlines.
  • Training new workers.
  • Distributing incoming mail into the adequate boxes or pigeonholes.
  • Operating various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar code sorters.
  • Searching directories for finding the adequate addresses for redirected mail.
  • Clearing jams in sorting equipment.
  • Checking items for ensuring that addresses are legible and adequate, that sufficient postage has been paid or the appropriate documentation is attached, and that items are in a suitable conditions for processing.
  • Opening and labelling mail containers.
  • Rewrapping soiled or broken parcels.
  • Weighing articles for determining required postage.