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Qualifications:

• Be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National (For further information concerning U.S. citizenship, please visit http://www.uscis.gov/; AND

• Have a high school diploma, GED or equivalent; OR

• Have at least one year of full-time work experience in security work, aviation screener work, or X-ray technician work.

Possess the following job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• English Proficiency (e.g., reading, writing, speaking, listening);

• Mental Abilities (e.g., visual observation, x-ray interpretation);

• Personal Characteristics and Skills (e.g., customer service, dependability, integrity); and

• Physical Abilities (e.g., repeatedly lifting and carrying baggage weighing up to 70 lbs, bending, reaching, stooping, squatting, standing, and walking)

In addition, all TSOs must meet job-related medical standards that will be assessed in a pre-employment medical evaluation. This evaluation considers relevant aspects of all body systems (e.g., cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal, auditory, etc.). The medical standards include but are not limited to:

• Visual ability including two functioning eyes with:

* Distance vision correctable to 20/30 or better in the best eye and 20/100 or better in the worse eye;
* Near vision correctable to 20/40 or better binocular;
* Color perception (e.g., red, green, blue, yellow, orange, purple, brown, black, white, gray).
Note: color filters (e.g.,contact lenses) for enhancing color discrimination are prohibited;

• Hearing (corrected or uncorrected) as measured by audiometry cannot exceed: a) an average hearing loss of 25 decibels (ANSI) at 500, 1000, 2000 and 3000Hz in each ear, and b) single reading of 45 decibels at 4000 and 6000 Hz in each ear;

• Adequate joint mobility, dexterity and range of motion, strength, and stability to repeatedly lift and carry up to 70 pounds; and

• Blood pressure not to exceed 140 / 90.

Conditions of Employment: To be considered for initial employment, you must be able to:

• Pass a pre-employment drug screening test

• Pass a background investigation, including a criminal check and a credit check. NOTE: This is a non-critical sensitive National Security position that requires you to be fingerprinted, photographed, and complete appropriate security paperwork, including a SF-86 Questionnaire for National Security Positions. The pre-employment background investigation must be completed with favorable results prior to a final offer of employment and cannot be initiated until submission of a COMPLETED questionnaire.

If your credit check reveals any of the following, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION:

* Defaulted on $5,000 or more in debt (excluding certain circumstances of bankruptcy), or
* Owe any delinquent Federal or State taxes, or
* Owe any past due child support payments.

• Pass initial hiring and all training requirements including 56-72 hours of classroom training, 112-128 hours of on-the-job training, and initial certification testing.

NOTE: Initial training may require you to travel for up to two weeks on a full-time schedule.