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Conduct screening of passengers, baggage, or cargo to ensure compliance with Transportation Security Administration TSA regulations. May operate basic security equipment such as x-ray machines and hand wands at screening checkpoints.

Currently Employed: 22

Yearly Projected Openings: 0

Typical Hourly Wage: Not Available

Typical Annual Salary: Not Available

• Challenge suspicious people, requesting their badges and asking what their business is in a particular areas.
• Follow those who breach security until police or other security personnel arrive to apprehend them.
• Search carry-on or checked baggage by hand when it is suspected to contain prohibited items such as weapons.
• Monitor passenger flow through screening checkpoints to ensure order and efficiency.
• Close entry areas following security breaches or reopen areas after receiving notification that the airport is secure.
• Record information about any baggage that sets off alarms in monitoring equipment.
• Locate suspicious bags pictured in printouts sent from remote monitoring areas, and set these bags aside for inspection.
• Contact police directly in cases of urgent security issues, using phones or two-way radios.
• Test baggage for any explosive materials, using equipment such as explosive detection machines or chemical swab systems.
• Provide directions and respond to passenger inquiries.

• Metal detectors
• Two way radios
• Ultraviolet UV lamps
• Weapons or explosives detectors
• X ray radiography examination equipment

• Computer based training software
• Data base user interface and query software
• Internet browser software
• Spreadsheet software
• Word processing software