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Search individuals for illegal or dangerous items

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Maintain safety or security, under the O*NET work activity group Performing General Physical Activities. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 5 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• 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.Stays human Transportation Security Screeners
• Supervise or perform searches of inmates or their quarters to locate contraband items.Stays human First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
• Screen individuals and belongings to prevent passage of prohibited materials using walkthrough detectors, wands, or bag searches.Stays human First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Screen persons entering courthouse using magnetometers, x-ray machines, and other devices to collect and retain unauthorized firearms and other contraband.Stays human Bailiffs
• Search prisoners and vehicles and conduct shakedowns of cells for valuables and contraband, such as weapons or drugs.Stays human Correctional Officers and Jailers