How do they match: Transportation Security Screeners

  • Monitor passenger flow through screening checkpoints to ensure order and efficiency.
  • Decide whether baggage that triggers alarms should be searched or should be allowed to pass through.
  • Locate suspicious bags pictured in printouts sent from remote monitoring areas, and set these bags aside for inspection.
  • 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.
  • Record information about any baggage that sets off alarms in monitoring equipment.

  • Monitor access or flow of people to prevent problems.
  • Monitor activities of individuals to ensure safety or compliance with rules.