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TASK
Transportation Security Screeners
ID
work_protective_service/transportation_security_screeners
Type
TASK
Children
26
Child Nodes (26)
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Inspect carry-on items, using x-ray viewing equipment, to determine whether items contain objects that warrant further investigation.
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Search carry-on or checked baggage by hand when it is suspected to contain prohibited items such as weapons.
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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.
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Test baggage for any explosive materials, using equipment such as explosive detection machines or chemical swab systems.
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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.
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Notify supervisors or other appropriate personnel when security breaches occur.
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Send checked baggage through automated screening machines, and set bags aside for searching or rescreening as indicated by equipment.
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Decide whether baggage that triggers alarms should be searched or should be allowed to pass through.
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Follow those who breach security until police or other security personnel arrive to apprehend them.
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Inform other screeners when baggage should not be opened because it might contain explosives.
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Inspect checked baggage for signs of tampering.
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Ask passengers to remove shoes and divest themselves of metal objects prior to walking through metal detectors.
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Close entry areas following security breaches or reopen areas after receiving notification that the airport is secure.
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Challenge suspicious people, requesting their badges and asking what their business is in a particular areas.
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Patrol work areas to detect any suspicious items.
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Contact police directly in cases of urgent security issues, using phones or two-way radios.
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Record information about any baggage that sets off alarms in monitoring equipment.
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Watch for potentially dangerous persons whose pictures are posted at checkpoints.
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Contact leads or supervisors to discuss objects of concern that are not on prohibited object lists.
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Confiscate dangerous items and hazardous materials found in opened bags and turn them over to airlines for disposal.
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Monitor passenger flow through screening checkpoints to ensure order and efficiency.
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Inform passengers of how to mail prohibited items to themselves, or confiscate these items.
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Provide directions and respond to passenger inquiries.
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Direct passengers to areas where they can pick up their baggage after screening is complete.
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View images of checked bags and cargo, using remote screening equipment, and alert baggage screeners or handlers to any possible problems.
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