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2.1 KiB

Competences — post office counter clerk

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6a6e174e-cffa-49a9-9f2f-aa39c81cdee5).

Essential

  • assist customers (skill/competence)
  • characteristics of products (knowledge)
  • characteristics of services (knowledge)
  • communicate with customers (skill/competence)
  • customer service (knowledge)
  • deliver correspondence (skill/competence)
  • handle financial transactions (skill/competence)
  • issue sales invoices (skill/competence)
  • operate cash register (skill/competence)
  • process payments (skill/competence)
  • satisfy customers (skill/competence)
  • sell post office products (skill/competence)

Optional

  • advise on financial matters (skill/competence)
  • carry out active selling (skill/competence)
  • convert currency (skill/competence)
  • distribute pensions (skill/competence)
  • financial markets (knowledge)
  • financial products (knowledge)
  • handle registered mail (skill/competence)
  • maintain store cleanliness (skill/competence)
  • offer financial services (skill/competence)
  • promote financial products (skill/competence)
  • register mail (skill/competence)
  • sales argumentation (knowledge)
  • types of pensions (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 47 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • customer service — 100 %
  • package handling — 49 %
  • mail sorting — 45 %
  • record keeping — 36 %
  • mail processing — 30 %
  • cash handling — 28 %
  • record maintenance — 28 %
  • data entry — 26 %

Responsibilities

  • customer assistance — 70 %
  • mail distribution — 43 %
  • mail sorting — 32 %
  • retail transactions — 28 %
  • safety guideline adherence — 28 %
  • shipment labeling — 28 %
  • record maintenance — 23 %
  • package distribution — 23 %
  • package handling — 21 %
  • transaction processing — 21 %
  • sales support — 21 %
  • information provision — 21 %