Transportation Security Officer: Confidential Company

Overview

We are looking to hire Transportation Security Officers (TSO) to join our team at Key West International Airport . Ensuring a secure aviation environment in the Florida Keys is important to maintaining a strong local tourism industry.

Please send resumes to ; sppkeywest@gmail.com

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* * Part Time positions are available at Key West with a starting salary of $16.50 per hour.

No experience necessary. / U.S. citizenship. / High School Diploma or GED are required. / Must be drug-free.

Comprehensive benefits package for all staff includes . . .

* Medical

* Dental

* Vision Insurance

* Paid -Time Off

* Paid Holiday & 401-K

Description
As a TSO, you will be thoroughly trained to perform a number of tasks at passenger and baggage screening checkpoints. Your primary responsibility will be to identify and remove dangerous objects on passengers and in carry-on and checked baggage. To do this, you will operate aviation security screening equipment. Examples include walk-through metal detectors, hand-held metal detectors, x-ray machines, explosives detection systems, explosives trace detectors and portals, and document scanners. You may be required to validate passengers’ identification and boarding passes. You are expected to perform these duties in a courteous and professional manner.

Work Schedule
Specific work schedules will be determined by the airport operational needs. Work schedules allow for both full-time and part-time positions. As a part-time worker you may be asked to work changing shifts, nights and weekends, holidays, and extended shifts.

Qualifications / Job Requirements

• U.S. citizen or U.S. national
• High school diploma, GED or equivalent; or at least one year of full-time work experience in security work, aviation screener work, or x-ray technician work
• English proficiency (e.g., reading, writing, speaking, listening)
• Interpersonal skills (e.g., customer service, dependability)
• Work values (e.g., responsibility, honesty, integrity)
• Mental abilities (e.g., visual observation and identification, mental rotation)
• Physical abilities
  • Distant 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 that color filters (e.g., for contact lenses) for enhancing color discrimination are prohibited

• Hearing as measured by an audiometric meter cannot exceed: a) an average hearing loss of 30 decibels (ANSI) at 500, 1000, 2000, and 3000Hz in each ear, b) single readings of 50 decibels at 2000 or 3000Hz in each ear, c) single reading of 55 decibels at 4000 Hz in each ear
• Adequate joint mobility, dexterity and range of motion, strength, and stability (to lift and move at least 50 pounds), as well as a complete medical evaluation including cardiovascular system, hypertension, etc.

The job requirements include the need to be able to:

• Strictly follow TSA standard operating procedures
• Make effective decisions in both crisis and routine situations
• Continuously and effectively interact with the public, giving directions and responding to inquiries
• Maintain focus and awareness within an environment containing numerous distractions, people, and noise
• Stand and remain standing for periods up to 3 hours without sitting

Compensation and General Benefits Information

• Starting salary $16.50 (part-time)
• Medical / vision insurance (company/employee paid)
• Dental insurance (company/employee paid)
• Basic life insurance (company paid)
• Optional life insurance (employee paid)
• Basic short-term disability insurance (company paid)
• Enhanced short-term disability insurance (employee paid)
• Long-term disability insurance (employee paid)
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance (employee paid)
• Long-term care insurance (employee paid)
• 401(k) savings plan
• Employee assistance program
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Paid time off, with service credit given for current employment as a TSA TSO
• Paid holidays – 10 per year for full-time or 5 per year for part-time

Conditions of Employment

To be considered for employment, you must be able to:

• Pass a drug screening test
• Pass a background investigation, including a criminal check and a credit check

Continued employment is contingent upon passing recertification exams on a periodic basis.

Successful applicants will be required to be photographed and fingerprinted.