what to expect? Nervous and excited

thfclim · Post by **thfclim** » 24 Aug 2016, 14:17

Hi all

so I finally got a email and phone call today saying i have passed the Pre employment checks

I have got my welcome day next week and then start the next day. It is a permanent role 9.50 to 2.50

Im nervous about sorting the mail and parcels for my route

dont laugh.....

Anyway if anyone can tell me what to expect on my first day that would be great.

Thanks

L

zippyy1965 · Post by **zippyy1965** » 24 Aug 2016, 15:51

I'm interested in the answers to this. My first day is on the 6th September

thfclim · Post by **thfclim** » 24 Aug 2016, 16:03

zippyy1965 wrote:I'm interested in the answers to this. My first day is on the 6th September

I Got welcome day on 30th and start on the 31st Aug

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 24 Aug 2016, 16:23

the first day you will be introduced to hopefully, your coach, manager, Union Rep.

You'll be shown how to make one of these

fill up to look like this.

and then you'll be trained how to take it from the full frame and bag it up into delivery order.

Thats the basics, but don't worry. For your first few days at a minimum, and certainly the first, you will be "puppy walked" by your coach.

Handy Hint 1 - get a small pocket-size notepad to jot things down.

At first it will all seem very confusing but my advice is mouth closed except when asking questions (ie don't join in the banter straight away) and ears open and you'll do fine.

thfclim · Post by **thfclim** » 24 Aug 2016, 16:33

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:the first day you will be introduced to hopefully, your coach, manager, Union Rep.

You'll be shown how to make one of these

fill up to look like this.

and then you'll be trained how to take it from the full frame and bag it up into delivery order.

Thats the basics, but don't worry. For your first few days at a minimum, and certainly the first, you will be "puppy walked" by your coach.

Handy Hint 1 - get a small pocket-size notepad to jot things down.

At first it will all seem very confusing but my advice is mouth closed except when asking questions (ie don't join in the banter straight away) and ears open and you'll do fine.

Thanks for the advice, its good to see what the frames look like. A few questions

Where do you collect mail/parcels before you put them in the frame?
how do you know what order to put them in for delivery ?
do you put recorded, specials etc in separate bags and all normal mail in another?

Probally some silly questions I know but it helps me to know these things ..

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 24 Aug 2016, 16:46

You will be shown and instructed on the local practises for all of these

thfclim wrote:Where do you collect mail/parcels before you put them in the frame?

Parcels from the parcel sorting area. Letters from Primary. (ignore the terms you'll get used to them.

thfclim wrote:how do you know what order to put them in for delivery ?

The letters - you sort them into the frame which is plotted in delivery order. The Parcels you put them into the correct bag after marking a letter for that address to indicate they have something extra beyond their letters.

thfclim wrote:do you put recorded, specials etc in separate bags and all normal mail in another?

Recorded is treated the same as ordinary mail except when delivering them. How you deal with Special Delivery items depends on the type of delivery you do. Again you will be instructed on best practice for that duty.

thfclim wrote: some silly questions I know but it helps me to know these things ..

thfclim · Post by **thfclim** » 25 Aug 2016, 11:33

thfclim wrote:how do you know what order to put them in for delivery ?

The letters - you sort them into the frame which is plotted in delivery order. The Parcels you put them into the correct bag after marking a letter for that address to indicate they have something extra beyond their letters.

I saw on another thread you said the frames do not run in order by numbers but how you actually deliver it, how do you know what numbers to put on your frames in order? DO you just work out what order you do your delivery's in?

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 25 Aug 2016, 15:34

No the frames are made up already in delivery order, not street or number order. So you just put the letter in the slot for that address - simples.

thfclim · Post by **thfclim** » 25 Aug 2016, 18:11

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:No the frames are made up already in delivery order, not street or number order. So you just put the letter in the slot for that address - simples.

ah I see, dont sound so bad when you say it like that

PeterLB · Post by **PeterLB** » 02 Sep 2016, 00:14

You soon get the swing of it. The hardest bit is learning the frame by heart for a couple of days. You get mechanised sorted Mail which is already walk sequenced to the prep frame and is easy to throw in then you get non mech which is manually sorted and is random so knowing the placement for each address on the frame helps in your prepping speed. Don't worry you learn quite quickly with practise. In a week you will know how to prep and deliver and feel it's no sweat.