Transportation Security Officer

Overview

Summary 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.

• 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.
• 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.
• Controlling terminal entry and exit points.
• Interacting with the public, giving directions and responding to inquiries.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The salary range for Cape Girardeau, MO (CGI - Cape Girardeau Regional Airport) is $46,105 to $56,844 or $22.09 to $27.24 per hour and includes locality pay of 17.06%.

This Transportation Security Officer position is located in Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As a Transportation Security Officer (TSOs) within Security Operations (SO), you will provide security and protection of air travelers, airports and aircraft in a courteous and professional manner.

Occasional

Travel Required:

A minimum of three (3) weeks of travel in a full-time duty status may be required to complete TSA's New Hire training. New Hire training and travel requirements vary by duty location and may require up to six (6) weeks of full-time duty status travel. This training will occur away from the employee's airport of record. Employees will be paid for compensable hours and reimbursed for authorized travel expenses per TSA Travel Policy.

While employed with TSA, other occasional travel may be required.

Selective Service Registration Requirement: TSA policy requires verification of Selective Service registration for male applicants born after 12/31/59. To find out if you initially meet the Selective Service registration requirement for TSA employment, please .

Credit Check:
Applicants must not have delinquent Federal or State taxes, or past due child support payments.

Residency Requirement:
To ensure adequate background investigative coverage, applicants are required to have resided within the United States for three of the last five years immediately prior to applying for this position. For those applicants who do not meet this residency requirement, an exception may be granted under certain circumstances.

Conditions of employment:
You must possess U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. National;
You must have reached the minimum age (18) at the time of application;
Selective Service registration is required;
Must pass a structured interview, drug screening, medical evaluation, and background investigation;
Subject to post-employment random drug and/or alcohol testing;
Must be available to work various shifts and overtime, as needed;
Must be proficient in English (reading, writing, speaking, comprehending);
Mandatory travel for training and occasional travel may be required;
Exposure to potentially lethal devices and dangerous chemicals is inherent in this position.

• Maintain physical agility to ensure ability to squat and bend.
• Ability to repeatedly lift and manipulate baggage weighing approximately 50 pounds and other objects subject to security processing.
• Ability to walk up to three miles during a shift and stand for prolonged periods (up to 4 hours).

To qualify for the SV-D pay band (equivalent to the GS-5/6), you must meet one of the qualification requirements (A OR

B) outlined below:

• Experience:
  
  At least one year of full-time work experience in the security Industry, aviation screening, or as an X-ray technician.

OR

• Education:
  
  Have a high school diploma, GED, HiSET, or TASC high school equivalency certificate.

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