运输安全管理局
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TSA员工包括：
运输安全官：TSA雇佣了大约4.7万名运输安全官员（Transportation Security Officer，简称TSO），这也通常被称为筛检员（screener）或agents。这些人员负责筛查人员和财物，以及控制机场的出入境点。他们也监视着检查站前方和后方的多个区域。运输安全官不携带武器，不被允许使用武力，并且也没有权利进行逮捕。
使用各种筛检设备和技术识别行李、货物和乘客中的危险物品，并防止这些物品被运上飞机。
执行搜索和筛检，其中可能包括与乘客的物理互动（例如拍打搜检、搜索财物等），进行行李搜索以及举起/搬运手提袋、行李箱垃圾箱以及最重达70磅财务。
控制末端入口和出口。
与公众互动，指导和回应询问。
Maintaining focus and awareness while working in a stressful environment which includes noise from alarms, machinery and people, crowd distractions, time pressure, and disruptive and angry passengers, in order to preserve the professional ability to identify and locate potentially life threatening or mass destruction devices, and to make effective decisions in both crisis and routine situations.
Engaging in continuous development of critical thinking skills, necessary to mitigate actual and potential security threats, by identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate situational options and approaches.  This may include application of risk-based security screening protocols that vary based on program requirements.
Retaining and implementing knowledge of all applicable Standard Operating Procedures, demonstrating responsible and dependable behavior, and is open to change and adapts to new information or unexpected obstacles.
就职要求
递交申请时为美国公民或美国国民
递交申请时年满18周岁
通过药物筛选和医学评估
通过背景调查，包括信用和刑事检查
不得有7,500美元或更多的违约债务 (but for some bankruptcies)
Selective Service registration required
行为检测官：2003年，TSA实施了观察技术筛检乘客（英语：）（SPOT），并于2007年扩展到美国各地。在这个计划中，身为运输安全官的行为检测官（BDO）在乘客经过安检点（英语：）时观察乘客，寻找可能存在较高风险的行为，使这些旅客接受额外的检查。
联邦航空警察：美國聯邦空中法警 is the law enforcement arm of the TSA. FAMs are federal law enforcement officers（英语：） who work 臥底 to protect the air travel system from hostile acts. As a part of the Federal Air Marshal Service, FAMs do carry weapons.
Federal Flight Deck Officer（英语：） (FFDOs) are the airline pilots working for the U.S. airlines, who are deputized as federal law enforcement officers（英语：） (FLEOs) to carry out the law enforcement duties within their specific jurisdictions (flight deck) and only from the time their aircraft doors are closed and until they are opened. FFDOs have the power to arrest, apply force (only within their jurisdiction) and are required to carry a federally issued firearm. Only active airline pilots are eligible for the FFDO program, which is available for a limited enrollment on a volunteer basis. FFDO's are trained by the 美國聯邦空中法警 and deputized by the 美國國土安全部. Their primary goal is to work with (or without) the FAM team to defend the flight deck from hijacking or any other terrorist threats to their aircraft.
Transportation Security Inspectors (TSIs): They inspect, and investigate passenger and cargo transportation systems to see how secure they are. TSA employs roughly 1,000 aviation inspectors, 450 cargo inspectors,and 100 surface inspectors.
国家爆炸物检测犬团队项目（英语：）：These trainers prepare dogs and handlers to serve as mobile teams that can quickly find dangerous materials. 截至June 2008年 (June 2008-Missing required parameter 1=month!), the TSA had trained about 430 canine teams, with 370 deployed to airports and 56 deployed to mass transit systems.
可视化联合预防和响应（英语：）（VIPR）团队：VIPR teams started in 2005 and involved Federal Air Marshals（英语：） and other TSA crew working outside of the airport environment, at train stations, ports, truck weigh stations, special events, and other places. There has been some controversy and congressional criticism for problems such as the July 3, 2007 holiday screenings. In 2011, 美鐵 police chief John O'Connor  moved to temporarily ban VIPR teams from Amtrak property. As of 2011, VIPR team operations were being conducted at a rate of 8,000 per year.