932 uniform requirements
932.1 employees required to wear uniforms and work clothes
932.11 regular uniforms
Employees in the following categories who meet the following conditions wear the prescribed uniform while performing their duties:
- city carriers and special delivery clerks/couriers whose duty periods over the course of a year average 4 hours or more per day performing carrier or special delivery duties.
- operators of motor vehicles, tractor-trailer operators, new job pvs pses, motor vehicle operators and tractor-trailer operators, or driving instructors and examiners, if they average 4 hours or more per day over the course of a year, driving vehicles or keeping prepared to drive them .
- ramp attendants and transfer attendants, amf, assigned full-time to ramp transfer service at airports performing transfer duties between air carriers (or special transfer attendants , airmail where no ramp attendants are assigned).
- postal service law enforcement officers.
- passenger elevator operators s or elevator starters if they average 4 hours or more per day over the course of a year performing the duties of these jobs.
- employees who average 4 hours or more per day performing mail carrier duties for the city.
- retail staff, including postmasters at post offices in cost determination group (cag) a-k, whose official assignment at a retail counter is for a minimum of 4 hours per day for 5 days a week continuously, or for no less than 30 hours a week. employees who do not qualify for a uniform allowance based on the criteria outlined above must wear the appropriate uniform for the position if provided outside of the uniform allowance program.
- retail classroom instructors and retail coaches who qualify for uniform assignments.
- mailbox mechanics assigned to work outdoors more than half of the time, or maintenance mechanics assigned to mailbox mechanic duties performed outdoors more than half of the time time.
- employees who perform as area maintenance technicians/specialists who are on official business outside of their service office for half or more of their time.
- nurses and first aid assistants.
- official doctors and technicians.
932.12 contract uniforms
The postal service has authorized uniforms for mail clerks, custodial maintenance, vehicle maintenance employees, and certain full-time employees at the business mail entry unit (bmeu) at post offices in cag a-j that meet certain criteria. to be eligible for uniforms under the contract uniform program, employees must (a) be in public view 4 hours a day for 5 days a week or (b) be in public view no less than 30 hours per week in combined total time. eligible employees are:
- mail handlers and group leaders (mail handlers). those who are assigned to dock areas, platforms, and other locations and meet the criteria of 4 hours per day or 30 hours per week.
- custodial maintenance. those who are not authorized to wear uniforms, are assigned to multi-occupancy buildings operated by the postal service, and meet the criteria of 4 hours per day or 30 hours per week.
- vehicle maintenance. those who meet the criteria of 4 hours per day or 30 hours per week, including time on travel calls.
- business mail entry unit (bmeu). full-time employees in these positions:
- bulk mail technician.
- bulk mail clerk.
- mail requirements clerk.
932.13 work clothes
This program is separate from the uniform contract program. is for employees who are not currently eligible for uniforms or contract uniforms. Affected are certain mail handlers, maintenance employees, motor vehicle employees, and clerical employees who participate full-time in pouch and dispatch units, postal parcel sorting units, bulk mail bagging operations, and ordinary paper bagging units. :
- Mail Handlers and Maintenance Clerks working full-time on the following assigned duties located in Mail Transport Equipment Centers, Supply Centers, and Mail Equipment Stores:
- Employee responsible for paper supply.
- computer printing line production operator.
- custodian.
- electrician.
- electronic technician .
- Group Leader, Postal Bag Examination.
- Group Leader, Mail Equipment Handler.
- Group Leader, Mail Equipment Repair .
- Group Leader, Storage.
- Label Printing Center Mechanic .
- Laborer, Janitor.
- Laborer, Handling of materials.
- locksmith.
- machine operator.
- mail equipment handler.
- maintenance mechanic.
- maintenance mechanic, general.
- material handling equipment operator.
packer-in-charge .
- packer, shipper.
- packer, warehouseman.
- press operator.
- receiving clerk and shipping.
- sewing machine line operator.
- shipping clerk.
- supply clerk.
- tools and parts clerk .
- warehouse clerk.
- ordinary paper bagging units.
- parcel postal distribution units (manual).
- bagging and dispatch units.
- ordinary paper bagging units.
- parcel shipping units (unloading bags or manual separation of bags).
- platform (dock) operations.
- bag unloading units.
- bag unloading units.
- automotive painter.
- auto mechanic.
- body and fender repairer.
- garage.
- junior mechanic , automotive.
- warehouse, auto parts.
- tire repairman.
- tools and parts clerk.
- maintenance analyst vehicles.
- machinist’s assistant.
- blacksmith-welder.
- construction equipment mechanic.
- building maintenance custodian.
- carpenter.
- cleaner.
- transporter-mechanic.
- custodian.
- electrician.
- Electronic technician.
- Elevator mechanic.
- Machinist.
- Firefighter.
- Firefighter-worker.
- group leader.
- label printing center mechanic.
- worker.
- worker, janitor.
- worker, management of materials.
- mechanical maintenance.
- bricklayer.
- mpe mechanic.
- appliance repairman.
- painter.
- plumber.
- postal machine mechanic.
- scale mechanic.
- stationary engineer.
- maintenance support employee.
- vehicle operations maintenance assistant.
- vending machine mechanic.
- new employees listed in 932.11 (except eligible law enforcement employees) for the first 90 days of their employment, except for the prescribed uniform cap. Employees who are required to wear the uniform cap are reimbursed for the cap from uniform allowance funds (see F-1, Post Office Accounting Procedures, 756). when employees become eligible for the full uniform allowance, the cost of the cap is charged against the first year’s allowance.
- part-time employees with regular or flexible work hours, except for the cap , unless you meet the basic hourly and daily minimum requirements described in 932.11.
- Casual employees, except for the cap.
- eligible employees in the postal service security force.
- submit career employees in the regular workforce who are assigned to a uniform category and have completed their 90-day probationary period . this exemption includes postal support employees (pses) who are not required to serve a 90-day probationary period when converting to career status.
932.14 aprons
Postmaster or facility managers are authorized to purchase aprons locally as needed for those employees who work assignments that involve dirty work but do not qualify for work clothes.
932.15 alternative protection elements
if the facility manager determines that the occasional use of items such as coveralls, gowns, aprons, or inclement weather clothing meets the need, these items must be purchased for the facility through the gsa fedstrip catalog or by others authorized media.
932.2 uniforms are not required
932.21 new, part-time and casual employees
Unless uniforms have been provided, the following employees are not required to wear uniforms:
932.22 exemptions from the ninety-day requirement
The following employees are not required to wait 90 days to receive the uniform (see 932.21a):
932.3 specifications and quality control certification
932.31 specifications
The Postal Service Uniform Quality Control Bureau issues specifications for uniform garments to guide uniform manufacturers and retailers.
932.32 quality control certification
Payment is made only for purchases of authorized uniform items manufactured in accordance with specifications issued by the Postal Service Uniform Quality Control Bureau. all items except boot covers, gloves, socks, face masks, and helmets must bear the certificate label issued by the postal service uniform quality control office (see 936.32). By incorporating the label, the manufacturer guarantees that the article conforms to the specifications. The label that appears on the uniform garments must indicate the following:
This Garment is warranted to meet or exceed the standards of Specification Number [__number__] and was produced per Certificate Number [__number__] from basic material warranted by the manufacturer to have been produced in accordance with the sample per current certification .