Transportation Security Screeners

People in this career often have these skills:

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Flexibility of Closure - The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Inspect cargo to identify potential hazards.
• Communicate situation details to appropriate personnel.
• Examine personal documentation to ensure that it is valid.
• Search individuals for illegal or dangerous items.
• Determine operational procedures.

• Locate suspicious objects or vehicles.
• Monitor activities of individuals to ensure safety or compliance with rules.
• Communicate safety or hazard information to others.
• Block physical access to restricted areas.
• Prevent unauthorized individuals from entering restricted areas.
• Patrol properties to maintain safety.
• Request emergency personnel.
• Record information about suspicious objects.
• Maintain surveillance of individuals or establishments.
• Confiscate prohibited or dangerous items.
• Monitor access or flow of people to prevent problems.
• Inform the public about policies, services or procedures.
• Provide information to the general public.

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