How do they match: Transportation Security Screeners

  • Flight Security Specialist
  • Notification Specialist
  • Security Officer
  • Transportation Security Officer

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Decide whether baggage that triggers alarms should be searched or should be allowed to pass through.
  • Inform other screeners when baggage should not be opened because it might contain explosives.
  • Record information about any baggage that sets off alarms in monitoring equipment.

  • Communicate safety or hazard information to others.
  • Determine operational procedures.