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Transportation Security Officers are responsible for providing security
and protection of travelers across all transportation sectors in a
courteous and professional manner. Their duties may also extend to
securing high-profile events, important figures and/or anything that
includes or impacts our transportation systems. Learn more about the
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Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) provide security and protection
of air travelers, airports and aircraft in a courteous and professional
manner. This includes:
- - Operating various screening equipment and technology to identify
dangerous objects in baggage, cargo and on passengers, and
preventing those objects from being transported onto aircraft.
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- - Performing searches and screening, which may include physical
interaction with passengers (e.g., pat-downs, search of
property, etc.), conducting bag searches and lifting/carrying
bags, bins, and property weighing up to 50lbs.
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- - Controlling terminal entry and exit points.
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- - Interacting with the public, giving directions and responding to
inquiries.
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- - Maintaining focus and awareness while working in a stressful
environment which includes noise from alarms, machinery and
people, crowd distractions, time pressure, and disruptive and
angry passengers, in order to preserve the professional ability
to identify and locate potentially life threatening or mass
destruction devices, and to make effective decisions in both
crisis and routine situations.
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- - Engaging in continuous development of critical thinking skills,
necessary to mitigate actual and potential security threats, by
identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate situational
options and approaches. This may include application of
risk-based security screening protocols that vary based on
program requirements.
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- - Retaining and implementing knowledge of all applicable Standard
Operating Procedures, demonstrating responsible and dependable
behavior, and is open to change and adapts to new information or
unexpected obstacles.
NOTE: Employees occupying frontline positions, i.e., individuals
performing security screening operations and occupying positions that
involve contact with the traveling public on a regular and recurring
basis, are required to wear TSA approved and issued personal protective
equipment (PPE). This requirement is in place to address the COVID-19
pandemic and comply with Executive Order 13991 and TSAs Pandemic and
Emerging Infectious Disease and Workforce Protection Plan. PPE includes
TSA issued surgical masks, face shields, and nitrile gloves. At TSA, the
health and safety of our employees is a top priority.