Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an airport security officer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an airport security officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Airport security officers interact with passengers to ensure smooth transition between areas of the airport, compliant with safety regulations. They perform searches of passengers, their ID and baggage in order to ensure safety and to prevent illegal activity.

Also known as airport security guard, airport security professional, airport security agent, TSA agent, air marshall.

Service and sales workers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: immigration officer, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
immigration officer 58% covered baggage flow supervisor 41% covered street warden 40% covered hand luggage inspector 36% covered security guard 32% covered airport security officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from airport security officer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an airport security officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An airport security officer needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • use X-ray machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • conduct airport safety inspections information skills
  • check travel documentation assisting and caring
  • conduct airport security screening assisting and caring
  • perform body searches assisting and caring
  • report airport security incidents information skills
  • conduct frisk assisting and caring
  • ensure compliance with airport security measures assisting and caring
  • perform security checks assisting and caring
  • airport safety regulations services
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an airport security officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Airport security officer is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an airport security officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.