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Clerk Division Officers Rob Strunk, Director Pat Williams, Asst. Director “A” Lyle Krueth, Asst. Director “B” Lamont Brooks, Asst. Director “C” Telephone: 202-842-4220 Fax: 202-842-8517

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Entrance Exams

In January 2005, the Postal Service began implementing a new entrance exam, known as the ON Battery 473. The new test will replace the ON 470 exam.

The ON 473 will apply to the following positions:

1. Mail Processing Clerks (2315-0063)
2. City Carriers (2310-2009)
3. Sales, Service and Distribution Associates (2320-0003)
4. Sales and Service Associates (2320-0001)
5. Mail Handlers (2315-01xx)

With the exception of career DCOs (Data Conversion Operators) working in Remote Encoding Centers – who are hired under the ON 710 exam – the new test will have no immediate impact on APWU members.

Employees will continue to be permitted to bid on all duty assignments they were entitled to bid on before the ON-473 exam was established. They will be permitted to voluntarily transfer; can be excessed in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and can be assigned under the terms of Article 37.4, as in the past.

There are several additional issues that will be addressed by the union and management, including:

• DCOs working in Remote Encoding Centers;
• In-Service Exams for Transitional Employee; and
• In-Service Exams for Career Employees.

The parties have agreed to develop a series of Questions & Answers to address the outstanding issues concerning the new test.

An Implementation Schedule dated Jan. 7, 2005 [PDF], and provided by the USPS, shows the dates the new exam will be applied at various Performance Clusters.

A series of Questions and Answers dated May 26, 2005 [PDF], addresses the exam.

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