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Transportation Security Screeners

Tasks

Core Tasks Include:

Ask passengers to remove shoes and divest themselves of metal objects prior to walking through metal detectors.
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.
Close entry areas following security breaches or reopen areas after receiving notification that the airport is secure.
Confiscate dangerous items and hazardous materials found in opened bags and turn them over to airlines for disposal.
Contact leads or supervisors to discuss objects of concern that are not on prohibited object lists.
Contact police directly in cases of urgent security issues, using phones or two-way radios.
Decide whether baggage that triggers alarms should be searched or should be allowed to pass through.
Direct passengers to areas where they can pick up their baggage after screening is complete.
Inform other screeners when baggage should not be opened because it might contain explosives.
Inform passengers of how to mail prohibited items to themselves, or confiscate these items.
Inspect carry-on items, using x-ray viewing equipment, to determine whether items contain objects that warrant further investigation.
Inspect checked baggage for signs of tampering.
Monitor passenger flow through screening checkpoints to ensure order and efficiency.
Notify supervisors or other appropriate personnel when security breaches occur.
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.
Record information about any baggage that sets off alarms in monitoring equipment.
Search carry-on or checked baggage by hand when it is suspected to contain prohibited items such as weapons.
Send checked baggage through automated screening machines, and set bags aside for searching or rescreening as indicated by equipment.
Test baggage for any explosive materials, using equipment such as explosive detection machines or chemical swab systems.
Watch for potentially dangerous persons whose pictures are posted at checkpoints.
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.
Patrol work areas to detect any suspicious items.
Provide directions and respond to passenger inquiries.

Supplemental Tasks Include:

Locate suspicious bags pictured in printouts sent from remote monitoring areas, and set these bags aside for inspection.
View images of checked bags and cargo, using remote screening equipment, and alert baggage screeners or handlers to any possible problems.

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