COLLEGE COMPASS -- Occupational Overview

Duplicating, mail, and other office machine operators

Duplicating machine operators: Operate one or a variety of duplicating machines to make copies of data and other information. Mail machine operators: Operate machines to emboss names, addresses, and other matter onto metal plates for use in addressing machines; to print names, addresses and other similar information onto items, such as envelopes, accounting forms, and advertising literature; to address, fold, stuff, seal, and stamp mail; and to open envelopes. Transit clerks: Sort, record, proof, and prepare transit items for mailing to or from out-of-city banks to insure correct routing and prompt collection.

1992 employment: 162,000 Projected 1992-2005 employment change: Little change expected


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