(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Transportation Security Officers
Job Description
Inspect baggage or cargo and screen passengers to detect and prevent potentially dangerous objects from being transported into secure areas or onto aircraft.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Close entry areas following security breaches or reopen areas after receiving notification that the airport is secure. |
100
|
Locate suspicious bags pictured in printouts sent from remote monitoring areas, and set these bags aside for inspection. |
100
|
View images of checked bags and cargo, using remote screening equipment, and alert baggage screeners or handlers to any possible problems. |
93
|
Follow those who breach security until police or other security personnel arrive to apprehend them. |
93
|
Contact leads or supervisors to discuss objects of concern that are not on prohibited object lists. |
93
|
Confiscate dangerous items and hazardous materials found in opened bags and turn them over to airlines for disposal. |
89
|
Monitor passenger flow through screening checkpoints to ensure order and efficiency. |
89
|
Inform passengers of how to mail prohibited items to themselves, or confiscate these items. |
89
|
Decide whether baggage that triggers alarms should be searched or should be allowed to pass through. |
89
|
Direct passengers to areas where they can pick up their baggage after screening is complete. |
89
|
Inspect carry-on items, using x-ray viewing equipment, to determine whether items contain objects that warrant further investigation. |
88
|
Send checked baggage through automated screening machines, and set bags aside for searching or rescreening as indicated by equipment. |
85
|
Challenge suspicious people, requesting their badges and asking what their business is in a particular areas. |
85
|
Record information about any baggage that sets off alarms in monitoring equipment. |
85
|
Contact police directly in cases of urgent security issues, using phones or two-way radios. |
85
|
Inform other screeners when baggage should not be opened because it might contain explosives. |
85
|
Check passengers' tickets to ensure that they are valid, and to determine whether passengers have designations that require special handling, such as providing photo identification. |
85
|
Inspect checked baggage for signs of tampering. |
81
|
Perform pat-down or hand-held wand searches of passengers who have triggered machine alarms, who are unable to pass through metal detectors, or who have been randomly identified for such searches. |
81
|
Notify supervisors or other appropriate personnel when security breaches occur. |
78
|
Ask passengers to remove shoes and divest themselves of metal objects prior to walking through metal detectors. |
74
|
Test baggage for any explosive materials, using equipment such as explosive detection machines or chemical swab systems. |
74
|
Patrol work areas to detect any suspicious items. |
70
|
Watch for potentially dangerous persons whose pictures are posted at checkpoints. |
67
|
Search carry-on or checked baggage by hand when it is suspected to contain prohibited items such as weapons. |
44
|
Provide directions and respond to passenger inquiries. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
76
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
62
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
62
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
60
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
59
|
Getting Information
|
59
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
58
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
58
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
56
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
53
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
51
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
50
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
49
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
49
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
48
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
47
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
46
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
46
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
46
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
43
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
42
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
42
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
41
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
41
|
Processing Information
|
40
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
40
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
38
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
37
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
36
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
35
|
Interacting With Computers
|
35
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
34
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
34
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
33
|
Thinking Creatively
|
33
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
32
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
31
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
24
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
17
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
16
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
6
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|