NOC 74100: Mail and parcel sorters and related occupations

Mail and parcel sorters and workers in related occupations process and sort mail and parcels in post offices, mail processing plants, warehouses and internal mail rooms. They are employed by Canada Post Corporation, courier and parcel express companies and establishments throughout the public and private sectors.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 4 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 4: Occupations that usually need a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 74100 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 74100

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Mail sorters
• Sort mail according to destination
• Bundle, label, bag and route sorted mail to the proper delivery stream
• Operate vehicles and material handling equipment in order to sort mail and load postal trucks
• Search directories to find the correct address for redirected mail.
• Mailroom clerks
• Receive, process, sort and distribute incoming and outgoing mail, faxes, messages and courier packages manually or electronically
• Maintain address databases and produce personalized mailings
• Print and photocopy material, stuff envelopes and affix address labels
• Weigh outgoing mail, calculate and affix proper postage, and bundle by postal code
• May operate and maintain print shop and mailing house equipment.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• mail sorter
• postal clerk - mail and parcel sorting

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school and some college office administration courses may be required.
• On-the-job training is required.
• Physical fitness may be required for some occupations in this unit group.

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• 74102Couriers and messengers
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