How do they match: Transportation Security Screeners

  • Passenger Screener

  • 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.

  • Ask passengers to remove shoes and divest themselves of metal objects prior to walking through metal detectors.
  • 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.
  • Direct passengers to areas where they can pick up their baggage after screening is complete.
  • Inform passengers of how to mail prohibited items to themselves, or confiscate these items.
  • Monitor passenger flow through screening checkpoints to ensure order and efficiency.
  • 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.
  • Provide directions and respond to passenger inquiries.