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