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continuous period of more than 24 months.
       (3) The person must hold any of the following qualifications:
(a) a Certificate II in Security Operations;
(b) a qualification that the Secretary is satisfied is equivalent to a Certificate II in Security Operations;
(c)   if the person was engaged or employed as a screening officer by a port facility operator or a ship operator for a regulated Australian ship – training and experience acquired while working as a security guard that is sufficient to satisfy the requirements for obtaining a security guard license in the state or territory where the person intends to work as a screening officer.

7 Training
        (1) A screening officer must complete at least 40 hours of on-the-job training specific to the screening officer's role if the screening officer:
(a) was first engaged or employed after 30 June 2022 as a screening officer by a screening authority; or
       (b)      after 30 June 2022—ceased to be engaged or employed as a screening officer for a continuous period of more than 24 months, and was later re-engaged or re-employed as a screening officer, by:
        (i) a screening authority; or
          (ii) a port facility operator or regulated Australian ship under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003.
    (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a screening officer who was engaged or employed as a screening officer before 1 July 2022 by a port facility operator or a ship operator for a regulated Australian ship under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003.
 (3) For section (1), on-the-job training may include the following:
     (a) supervised practice at a screening point, preferably live;
     (b) training on X-ray image interpretation;
     (c) training on specific screening equipment used in the workplace;
     (d) training on weapons and prohibited items;
     (e) training on maintaining the integrity of sterile areas;
     (f) training on methods and techniques for screening;
     (g) training designed to ensure familiarity with legislation relevant to screening.

8 Aviation accreditation test
       (1) The Secretary may approve a test (an aviation accreditation test) that the Secretary is satisfied is appropriate to test the ability of a screening officer:
 (a) to exercise a power mentioned in Division 5 of Part 5 of the Act that may be exercised by a screening officer; and
(b) to perform a specified screening function.
       (2) An aviation accreditation test must be:
(a) administered by a person approved by the Secretary; and
(b) completed using the Department of Home Affairs' ICT systems.

9 Testing screening officers
       (1) Before undertaking an aviation accreditation test, a screening officer must comply with sections 6 and 7.
       (2) A person engaged or employed as a screening officer after 31 December 2022 must:
       (a)