MDP Course Overview

MDP Course Overview

Overview

The Mail Design Professional (MDP) course provides in depth training on postal standards related to designing letter and flat mail to facilitate processing on high-speed automated equipment while maximizing cost effectiveness and reducing processing delays.

The Educations Subcommittee of the PCC Advisory Committee in collaboration with the USPS National Center for Employee Development (NCED) Team is offering the MDP Program to PCCs.

With This Course You'll Learn About:

Postal addressing standards
Class of Mail and processing categories
Intelligent Mail barcoding formats and print specifications
Designing automation letters (tabbing, polywrap, deflection, flexibility, etc.)
Reply mail (BRM, CRM, MRM, PRM, MRS)
 

2-Day Course

Course Overview:

Thursday 25 April 8AM-3PM
Friday 26 April 8AM-3PM

NOTE: MDP Course in person only. No Hybrid option.

Event Information

Event Date 04-25-2024 8:00 am
Event End Date 04-26-2024 3:00 pm
Cut Off Date 04-19-2024 11:55 pm
Capacity 15
Registered 4
Available Place 11
Individual Price Free
Location Portland Processing & Distribution Center

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Location Map

USPS National and Oregon News

05/06/2026 12:23
Baker City, OR – The U.S. Postal Service is looking for candidates to provide delivery services along designated routes in suburban and rural areas on weekdays, weekends, and holidays, indoors and outdoors to families within their local community to include Baker City, Durkee, and Sumpter.
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05/06/2026 12:16
Oregon City, OR – The U.S. Postal Service is looking for candidates to provide delivery services along designated routes in suburban and rural areas on weekdays, weekends, and holidays, indoors and outdoors to families within their local community to include Oregon City, Clackamas, and Tualatin.
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05/06/2026 12:08
Portland, OR – The U.S. Postal Service is looking for candidates to provide delivery services along designated routes in suburban and rural areas on weekdays, weekends, and holidays, indoors and outdoors to families across the Portland Area.
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05/06/2026 12:04
PHOENIX — Today USPS presented its 2026 Partnership for Excellence Awards to several recipients on the final day of the National Postal Forum, the mailing and shipping industry’s largest annual conference.
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05/05/2026 10:30
PHOENIX — The Postal Service today commemorated the centennial of Route 66 with the release of a set of eight stamps, each showing a site from the states through which the roadway runs.
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05/05/2026 09:50
PHOENIX — In a keynote address yesterday at the National Postal Forum, Postmaster General and CEO David Steiner and key executives addressed thousands of mailing and shipping professionals. They updated attendees on the U.S. Postal Service’s improving service performance, continued network modernization, innovation across products and digital capabilities, and strategy to drive growth and greater value for customers and partners. The keynote also underscored the Postal Service’s 250-year legacy of supporting American commerce and communities and its continued role as both a national institution and an economic platform.
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05/05/2026 09:15
PHOENIX — The Postal Service today commemorated the centennial of Route 66 with the release of a set of eight stamps, each showing a site from the states through which the roadway runs.
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05/05/2026 04:55
PHOENIX — In a keynote address yesterday at the National Postal Forum, Postmaster General and CEO David Steiner and key executives addressed thousands of mailing and shipping professionals.
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05/01/2026 05:00
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today announced a new release coming this summer: a set of Barbie stamps featuring Barbie dolls through the years, dressed for 10 iconic careers.
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04/24/2026 09:28
BURLINGAME, CA — The U.S. Postal Service is sharing one of summer’s greatest pleasures — A Day at the Beach — with its latest set of stamps, which were released today at the WESTPEX Stamp Show.
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