Jobs / Protective service / 33-9093.00
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.
- US jobs
- 50,290
- Median wage
- $66,770 a year
- Job family
- Protective service
Can agents do the work of transportation security screeners?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Protective service: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 24%Inspect characteristics or conditions of materials or productsNot measured
- 18%Notify others of emergencies or problemsNot measured
- 15%Maintain safety or securityNot measured
- 12%Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or propertiesNot measured
- 7%Verify personal informationNot measured
- 6%Provide information or assistance to the publicNot measured
- 4%Communicate with others about operational plans or activitiesNot measured
- 4%Monitor individual behavior or performanceNot measured
Unmeasured territory
No benchmark in this atlas covers this work yet.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Inspect carry-on items, using x-ray viewing equipment, to determine whether items contain objects that warrant further investigation.
- Search carry-on or checked baggage by hand when it is suspected to contain prohibited items such as weapons.
- 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.
- Test baggage for any explosive materials, using equipment such as explosive detection machines or chemical swab systems.
- 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.
- Notify supervisors or other appropriate personnel when security breaches occur.
- Send checked baggage through automated screening machines, and set bags aside for searching or rescreening as indicated by equipment.
- Decide whether baggage that triggers alarms should be searched or should be allowed to pass through.
- Follow those who breach security until police or other security personnel arrive to apprehend them.
- Inform other screeners when baggage should not be opened because it might contain explosives.
- Inspect checked baggage for signs of tampering.
- Ask passengers to remove shoes and divest themselves of metal objects prior to walking through metal detectors.
Other job titles for this occupation (22)
Security Screener · Transportation Security Officer (TSO) · Airline Security Representative · Airport Baggage Screener · Airport Screener · Airport Security Screener · Bag Checker · Baggage Inspector · Baggage Screener · Baggage Security Checker · Biometric Screener · Flight Security Specialist · Notification Specialist · Passenger Screener · Screener · Security Inspector · Security Officer · Transportation Officer · Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Screener · Transportation Security Administration Screener (TSA Screener) · Transportation Security Screener · Transportation Security Specialist