Transportation Security Screeners
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.
Also called: Security Screener, Transportation Security Officer (TSO)
Knowledge:
- public safety and security
Skills:
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- talking to others
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Personality:
Description: 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
Technology:
Computer based training software
- Rapiscan Threat Image Projection