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932.11

Mail Count and Route Inspection

 

Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Updated With Postal Bulletin Revisions Through April 5, 2001

          • 924.319 Enter all articles cased, routed, and marked up during A.M., in the A.M. portion of the worksheet.
             
      • 924.4 Return from Street Delivery Turn in accountable and signature items and keys. Markups left from A.M. duties must be forwarded. The totals of these markups must be entered in the P.M. portion of the worksheet.
         
      • 924.5 P.M. Duties
         
        • 924.51 Office Functions
           
          • 924.511 Withdraw (if required), count, case, and route all available mail for next day delivery.
             
          • 924.512 Complete all markups of mail received for P.M. duties.
             
          • 924.513 Enter all functions on P.M. duties in the P.M. portion of the worksheet.
             
          • 924.514 On the last day of the count period, record P.M. volume and all time allowances for functions performed.
             
      • 924.6 Markup Mail Follow instructions in 242.
         
  • 93 Parcel Post and Combination Services Routes
     
    • 931 Schedule
       
      • 931.1 The count of mail for parcel post or combination services routes shall be conducted for 5 scheduled delivery days during a basic workweek. (Exception -- in offices with 6-day delivery, a 6-day count is made.) The count data shall be recorded daily on Forms 1838-A and 1838-B and summarized on Form 1840-A.
         
      • 931.2 A physical inspection of the route shall be made on one or more days during the count week by a route examiner who accompanies the carrier during his/her full tour. No separate form is used in making a physical inspection of a parcel post route.
         
      • 931.3 On days other than inspection day, a manager makes a selected check of mail count time entries made by the carrier on Form 1838-A.
         
    • 932 Forms Used
       
      • 932.1 Regular Routes
         
        • 932.11 Except on the day of inspection, the carrier makes the count and records it in duplicate (using carbon paper) both on the worksheet side of Form 1838-A and on Form 1838-B (see exhibit 932.11 (p. 1, 2, and 3)).