OSCA 2024 · 712232 · Skill level 4
Postal Delivery Officer: OSCA 712232
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Postal Delivery Officer is OSCA 2024 code 712232. It corresponds to 2 ANZSCO codes (561212 and 732111). None of them is on Australia's skilled visa lists, which still use ANZSCO codes.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO codes for OSCA 712232
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 561212
Postal Delivery Officer
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
ANZSCO 732111 · in part
Delivery Driver
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
The job
What a postal delivery officer does
Delivers mail, usually by motorised transport, over allocated delivery rounds.
Skill level 4: Certificate II or III, or at least 1 year of relevant experience
Registration or licensing may be required.
Also known as
- Postie
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Sorts and organises mail for delivery
- Completes daily vehicle safety checks and loads mail onto a delivery vehicle
- Delivers mail to homes and businesses
- Obtains signatures from recipients for some delivered items
- Returns undelivered mail to a post office
- Maintains records of mail counts, deliveries and equipment
- Assists with checking wrongly addressed, missorted, undelivered and redirected mail, and processing freepost and underpaid mail
Unit group 7122
Other occupations in Postal and Delivery Workers
Questions
OSCA 712232: common questions
What is the OSCA code for postal delivery officer?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 712232?
Is Postal Delivery Officer on Australia's skilled occupation lists?
Does Home Affairs use OSCA codes for visas?
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA 2024 v1.0 (CC BY 4.0); Department of Home Affairs, checked 21 October 2026. General information only, not immigration advice.
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