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.

On the job, you would:

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.

Personality

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Characteristics of this Career
		91%	Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical.
		87%	Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
		86%	Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
		86%	Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
		85%	Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
		83%	Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
		83%	Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
		71%	Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
		65%	Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
		65%	Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
		65%	Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
		61%	Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
		58%	Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
		54%	Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Strengths
		78%	Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
		78%	Enterprising - Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
		56%	Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Values of the Work Environment
		83%	Support - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
		67%	Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Aptitude

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Abilities \| Cognitive, Physical, Personality
		78%	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.
		66%	Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
		63%	Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
		63%	Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
		63%	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.
		63%	Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
		63%	Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
		60%	Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
		60%	Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
		60%	Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
		56%	Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
		56%	Perceptual Speed - The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
		53%	Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
		53%	Far Vision - The ability to see details at a distance.
		53%	Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Communicate safety or hazard information to others.

Examine personal documentation to ensure that it is valid.

Block physical access to restricted areas.

Confiscate prohibited or dangerous items.

Communicate situation details to appropriate personnel.

Request emergency personnel.

Determine operational procedures.

Provide information to the general public.

Communicate situation details to appropriate personnel.

Confiscate prohibited or dangerous items.

Inform the public about policies, services or procedures.

Inspect cargo to identify potential hazards.

Locate suspicious objects or vehicles.

Monitor access or flow of people to prevent problems.

Communicate situation details to appropriate personnel.

Search individuals for illegal or dangerous items.

Record information about suspicious objects.

Inspect cargo to identify potential hazards.

Communicate situation details to appropriate personnel.

Maintain surveillance of individuals or establishments.

Examine personal documentation to ensure that it is valid.

Prevent unauthorized individuals from entering restricted areas.

Monitor activities of individuals to ensure safety or compliance with rules.

Patrol properties to maintain safety.

Provide information to the general public.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent
		94%	Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets - How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
		93%	Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
		91%	Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People - How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements?
		90%	Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
		89%	Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
		86%	Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
		85%	Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable - How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
		85%	Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
		83%	Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
		83%	Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing?
		82%	Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
		81%	Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
		77%	Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
		76%	Exposed to Contaminants - How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
		71%	Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
		71%	Consequence of Error - How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
		70%	Frequency of Decision Making - How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
		69%	Exposed to Radiation - How often does this job require exposure to radiation?
		69%	Frequency of Conflict Situations - How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job?
		68%	Importance of Repeating Same Tasks - How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
		66%	Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
		62%	Spend Time Walking and Running - How much does this job require walking and running?
		60%	Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
		57%	Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body - How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
		57%	Responsible for Others' Health and Safety - How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
		55%	Exposed to Disease or Infections - How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections?
		54%	Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting - How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions?
		52%	Coordinate or Lead Others - How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
		56%	Duration of Typical Work Week - Number of hours typically worked in one week.

A3	Your Strengths	Importance	Tasks & Values
		81%	Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
		78%	Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
		75%	Performing for or Working Directly with the Public - Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
		73%	Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
		73%	Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
		72%	Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
		69%	Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards - Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
		68%	Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
		65%	Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
		63%	Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
		60%	Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
		57%	Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
		56%	Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
		56%	Coaching and Developing Others - Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
		56%	Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates - Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
		54%	Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others - Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
		53%	Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
		53%	Developing and Building Teams - Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
		53%	Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others - Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
		52%	Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
		52%	Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others - Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Getting Started

Education:

85%

High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

11%

Some College Courses

Transportation Security Screeners

What they do:

On the job, you would:

Personality

Characteristics of this Career

Strengths

Values of the Work Environment

Aptitude

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

Job Details

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

Tasks & Values

Getting Started