Transportation Security Screeners
Also called:
Transportation Security Officer (TSO), Security Screener
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
- Monitor passenger flow through screening checkpoints to ensure order and efficiency.
Safety and Government
- public safety and security
Business
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- talking to others
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Visual Understanding
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People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Self Control
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
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You might use software like this on the job:
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Computer based training software
- Threat Image Protection TIP software
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high school diploma or
some college
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
$36,850
per year, on average
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