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[chelle85]

Is there much of a difference between a rural carrier and assistant rural carrier?

 

[Quivo]

Huge. One is a career employee and one is a part time non-career - in fact they don't even have a path to career, that is rural carrier associate.

 

[drakeME]

Day to day job duties however are basically the same.

 

[Tank]

Day to day job duties however are basically the same.

If by that you mean they also turn off their alarm clock, get out of bed, SSS, and report to the station as scheduled, then yes, basically the same.

 

[Deer Smearer]

Re-read the question folks.

 

[drakeME]

If by that you mean they also turn off their alarm clock, get out of bed, SSS, and report to the station as scheduled, then yes, basically the same.

Report to the station and deliver the same mail and packages as the regular would if they weren't off? Is that not how they do it in your neck of the woods?

 

[Tank]

Report to the station and deliver the same mail and packages as the regular would if they weren't off? Is that not how they do it in your neck of the woods?

That's true for the RCA, not the ARC.

 

[drakeME]

That's true for the RCA, not the ARC.

Re-read the question folks.

?

 

[oi veh.]

here ya go, @chelle85...start here:

Ruralinfo.net Knowledgebase

Rural carriers, find what you need fast!

knowledgebase.ruralinfo.net

 

[gotstamps]

Is there much of a difference between a rural carrier and assistant rural carrier?

Rural Carrier is either a Regular Carrier or an RCA. An Assistant Rural Carrier (ARC) only works Amazon Sundays & Holidays. There is a possibility of working a Saturday as a last resort but they would have to be route trained.

 

[Nyfarmer]

'Assistant Rural Carrier (ARC) only works Amazon Sundays & Holidays.' -- Provision a contract or so back. Might be an ideal to relieve OT and seven day weeks of RCA's - such as myself ! As usual local management is incapable of recruiting and planning (vetting and training takes advance time !) to place such personnel. Posting on the national website ain't gonna' cut it. Talked to a customer that works in the financial aid office of a local college - had no idea such jobs existed. There are seven campi located 10 miles from our hub - on a bus line no less !

 

[drakeME]

ARCs were approved for parcel help this past December...at least locally, though I thought it was a national policy.

 

[marked]

Campi? How about campuses?

 

[Nyfarmer]

Campi? How about campuses?

campi

Noun

1. (nonstandard) plural form of campus

Apparently I am nonstandard.

 

[gotstamps]

ARCs were approved for parcel help this past December...at least locally, though I thought it was a national policy.

That was in an MOU like they do for Regs working Amazon Sundays during Christmas OT Period. Contractually, ARCs can only work Amazon Sunday’s, Holidays, & Saturdays if in an emergency.

 

[marked]

Merriam-Webster online, American Heritage (via answers.com), MSN Encarta, Oxford English Dictionary (askoxford.com), all have no entry for campi , M-W and Oxford English Dictionary show plural of campus as campuses.

 

[oi veh.]

And this has absolutely nothing to do with the topic.

Please knock it off.

Thank you.