1. Curt Artery 307-331-0919 Linda Gurka 734-646-2346
SOV/CSV
Curt Artery
Linda Gurka

2. To know if you are to use SOV or CSV you will need to know what your revenue units are from your Form 150.
Check your revenue units against the CAG chart to see where you fall.
CAG A-G you will be CSV and CAG H-L you will be SOV
This can change each year with the change of your revenue units.
THE DIFFERENCE

3. Revenue units

4. CAG: Cost Ascertainment Group. Method that classifies Post
Offices according to their volume of revenue generated. Each
year, Post Offices are categorized by revenue and mail volume,
which means that a Post Office’s CAG classification might
change. The following table shows the CAG categories:
CAG Office Revenue Units
A–G 950 or more
H–J 190 to 949
K 36 to 189
L Fewer than 36
CAG revenue units

5. SOV How to get there Blue page Variance programs SOV
Pick area to be activated
Pick scope(district)
Pick POOM
Pick your office
SOV How to get there

7. SOV

8. SOV How to get there Pick Ad-hoc reports Pick current 52 week spread
Submit
Click on your office
SOV How to get there

10. SOV Things to take note of
Workload value hrs (earned in pink/totals in grey)
Retail hrs (earned in pink/totals in grey)
Postmaster admin hrs (earned in pink/totals in grey
SOV

11. SOV

12. SOV Go to the SOV formula Do NOT round up or down
Add workload value hrs
Add retail hrs
Add Postmaster Admin hrs
Divivde by 302(6 retail days) or 282(5 retail days)
SOV

13. SOV Formula

14. http://www.postmasters.org/resources/S OV_Office%20Calculator.xlsx
SOV

15. SOV This will determine your workload earned hours.
Check formula page for the criteria for a 2/4/6/8 hour office
Anything over 5.75 is an 8 hour office
SOV

16. SOV Menu Find your office Right side of screen is the menu button
Look at every item on the menu
SOV Menu

17. SOV Menu Business services-make sure you are getting the right credit
Complement-check earned and current on the rolls
Data stream-make sure information is current-it is the map of your office
SOV Menu

18. Delivery admin-make sure all data is correct(if you have a clerk that travels to a RMPO then you should have time in the off site travel line).
FDB-make sure all information is correct- you can update in FDB
SOV Menu

19. Productivity-look at all LDCs to make sure you have credit for what you do in your office.
Retail ANC-shows you what is clerk work
RMPO-make sure your RMPO level is correct
SOV Menu

20. SOV Menu WOS-earned hours divided by 52
What if---you can change info to see what your office will look like if you increase revenue or deliveries.
Workload-manual-earned box-improve
SOV Menu

21. Go to your Form 150 to verify that it matches your SOV information

23. http://blue.usps.gov/hr/jobs- workforce/complement- management/automated-ps150.htm
PS Form 150

24. Check to verify that the information here is the same as in SOV

25. CSV CSV offices are determined by your CAG level.
CAG levels A-G will use CSV
Use this formula to calculate CSV
ffice%20Calculator.xls
CSV

26. CSV how to get there Blue page Variance programs CSV
Pick area to be activated
Pick scope(district)
Pick POOM
Pick your office
CSV how to get there

27. CSV Pick ad hoc-use a current 52 week spread
Take note of LDC 41,42,43,44,45,48
Use earned hours
This data will be put into the CSV formula
CSV

28. CSV Menu Right side use menu-look at all choices
Compliment-check earned and currently on the rolls
Data stream-make sure the information is right-this is a map of your office
FDB-verify that the information is correct- you can make adjustments in FDB
FTEs-verify employees
CSV Menu

29. LDC 41 LDC 42 LDC 43 LDC 44 LDC 45 LDC 48 Productivity-look at the LDCs to make sure you have all that you use in your office Workload- verify data is correct in each LDC Staffing/scheduling to work load(SST/1994)
CSVMenu

30. CSV Take your numbers from LDC 41 42 43 44 45 48
and insert into the formula
CSV

31. Find your Form 150 and verify that those numbers match the CSV numbers
CSV form 150

32. PS Form 150

33. http://blue.usps.gov/hr/jobs- workforce/complement- management/automated-ps150.htm
PS Form 150

34. If you are in Business Services and Delivery Admin(in SOV) and LDC 48 (in CSV) pages- the bolded lines can be adjusted.
You need to contact your district OPS office to see what the procedure is to update for your district so you get full credit for what your office earns.
Helpful Hints

35. Before attending your convention print out a copy of an SOV and CSV office(all pages).
Keep a printed copy of your SOV/CSV pages every six months to check on updates.
Helpful Hints