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General Information

• Annual Training Requirements for Postal Employees

"Don’t forget — you have until the end of August to complete your annual training requirements. Bargaining unit employees, and non-bargaining unit EAS-14 and under employees, are required to have eight hours of training by the Aug. 31 deadline. PCES/EAS-15 and above employees must complete 20 hours of training. Included for everyone in that training are four hours of mandatory Workplace Environment Improvement training and three hours of Diversity Development training." (7/16/05)

• PostalPEOPLE - New HR initiative underway (3/4/05)

• Postal Workers Occupational Outlook 2004-2005 (DOL Bureau of Labor Statistics)

• Article 37 Clerk Craft Questions & Answers

• Use of Privately Owned Vehicles & Per Diem

• Postal People April 30, 1973 Stamps

• Remote encoding centers closures

• Principal Assignment Area (PAA)

• OSHA Releases Workplace 'Emergency Exit Routes' fact sheet (4/18/03)

• Article 12 -EXCESSING -Questions & Answers

• Reassignment Procedures, Clerk Craft-AFSM 100, TACS & FSM 1000

• Memorandum of Understanding Q & A -Reassignment Procedures

• USPS Uniform Allowances & Eligibility

• Timekeeping (TACS) information.

• Maintenance Skills Development Program-The Employee Developmental Opportunities - Implementation Agreement outlines the procedures for training APWU bargaining unit career employees so that they can be placed in skilled positions in the Maintenance Craft and Motor Vehicle Craft. The purpose of the program is to enable APWU employees to qualify for placement on the appropriate selection register for Maintenance Mechanic Level 5 and Mail Processing Equipment (MPE) Mechanic Level 8 positions. The agreement was signed on March 24, 2004

• Top Ten Foot Problems & Health Tips

• Postal Clerks are much more prone to mundane dangers -- such as back injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, and paper dust. (Article entitled "Sorting it Out")

Clerks

Distribution

• BARGAINING UNIT QUALIFICATION STANDARD

BQnet (Bargaining Qualification Standards on the Intranet) is the Postal Service's electronic database of bargaining unit qualification standards which replaced the hardcopy version of the EL-303 — “Qualification Standards - Bargaining Unit Positions."

Distribution Clerks

- MOU Mail Processing Clerk PS-05

• Post Office Box Clerks- New Procedures - PS Form 1094 (Request for Post Office Box Key/Lock Service)

• Securing Registry/Accountable Cages: All postmasters and Postal Service employees are responsible

for following current policies and procedures concerning registry/accountable cages. Review Handbook DM-901, Registered Mail, and pay particular attention to section 72, Protection, which outlines the requirements concerning registry mail activities. Use PS Form 1625 (pdf) , Record of Entry into Registry Section, to keep a daily record of all employees working in the registry section. - Retail Operations Support, Delivery and Retail, 1-10-02
M 901

Window

• Polo Pilot Shirt Program Update (5/18/04)

• All Window Clerks, regardless of whether you have individual financial accountability or have shared stock (segmentation) or if you work in a retail store, you should read and do the following

• The HAZMAT Question: Important, Necessary, and Mandatory

• Placement of Certified Mail Labels

• BARGAINING UNIT QUALIFICATION STANDARD

SALES AND SERVICES ASSOCIATE--LEVEL 5

SALES, SERVICES AND DISTRIBUTION ASSOCIATE--LEVEL 5

LEAD SALES AND SERVICES ASSOCIATE--LEVEL 6

LEAD SALES AND SERVICES ASSOCIATE--LEVEL6 Questions & Answers

• Account Identifier Codes (AICs)

• POS ONE- SIA Operating Procedures Guide

• POS ONE- Changes in the F-1 Handbook

• Window Training

Bulk Mail

• BARGAINING UNIT QUALIFICATION STANDARD

BULK MAIL CLERK--LEVEL 5

BULK MAIL TECHNICIAN--LEVEL 6

Misc. Information - Updates from National APWU

Time and Attendance

• BARGAINING UNIT QUALIFICATION STANDARD

TACS TIME AND ATTENDANCE CLERK -- LEVEL 5

Self Service Vending Operations

• Handbook Po-102 Revision

• Location Workload Worksheet: Self Service Vending Equipment Form 5701

• SSPC Bargaining Unit Qualification Standard

Postage Due

Mail Processors

• AFSM100 Safety Alert (Feb. 2001)

USPS notification to Union regarding Automated Parcel Processing System (APPS)

Maintenance

Filling Vacant Maintenance Craft Positions

Custodians

Electronic Technicians

New Examination Requirements for Automotive Technician, PS-7
Effective March 1, 2005, applicants must qualify on Examination 943 and the new Examination 944 to establish eligibility for Automotive Technician. These new written examination requirements for the Automotive Technician, PS-7, position will enhance the selection quality of our future Automotive Technician employees who play a critical role in maintaining and repairing our vehicle fleet. Offices will have a 6-month window (until August 31, 2005) to transition and open the exam and establish new Automotive Technician registers (3/3/05)

General Mechanics

MPEs

Misc. Information -

Updates from National APWU

• Update information on Code 83 from National APWU

• Maintenance Questions & Answers

• Maintenance Staffing

• Higher Level for Instructing Step 4 Grievance Settlement

Motor Vehicle

• Arbitrator Denies USPS Grievance Regarding Form 5505- In an Arbitration Award dated April 17, 2002, National Arbitrator Shyam Das rejected the Postal Service's claim that APWU Step 4 grievance resulting from management's revision of FORM 5505 was inarbitrable. Arbitrator Das ordered USPS and APWU to schedule a hearing on the merits of the Union's grievance challenging revision of Form 5505. (4/29/02)

Standard Position Descriptions

Alcohol and Drug Testing of Employees with a Commercial Driver's License

Vehicle Maintenance (VMF)

• DIE -Power Industrial Equipment

Standard Position Descriptions
VOMA Standard Position Description [PDF]
VOMA Qualification Standards, effective 01-14-03 [PDF]
VOMA Qualification Standards, effective 11-30-87 [PDF

City Carriers

Agreement on Route Inspection Moratorium Q & A and Cased Mail Verification -Following input from letter carriers throughout the country regarding difficulties in verifying the cased mail volume under the Moratorium on Route Counts and Inspections announced April 1, NALC President William H. Young and Postal Service representatives met April 9 and agreed on a simpler, easier-to-use form which will be used to track the daily cased mail volume on all routes. The parties also agreed to a second transmittal letter which answers a series of 25 questions that had arisen from the field regarding this moratorium and the route verification process. www.nalc.org/depart/citydel/pdf/casevolveriform_revised.pdf">Case Volume Verification Form < (further revised 4/14/04 to reflect that S-999 mail will be measured in pieces rather than linear feet)

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