How to get a job at Transportation Security Administration.

mary ann harper in dewitt, Michigan said: thanks!

DEAR MARY ,
HOW DID THE TEST GO.
BOB

Rachel W in Chicago, Illinois said: Mary, You can't owe more than $5000 and you can't owe any money to the Federal Goverment or State. You cant owe any Childsupport either. Good Luck Rachel

so just because of childsupport you cant have a federal job?

You can't have any default childsupport owed. If your paying it I'm sure i'ts fine.

Rachel W in Illinois said: You can't have any default childsupport owed. If your paying it I'm sure i'ts fine.

I do not Know.(BOB M
BUT , Thats what that lady. She said " if you owe CHILD SUPPORT YOU CAN NOT GET A FEDERAL JOB
bob

THAT PERSON SAID
"IF YOU OWE MONEY" YOU CAN NOT GET A FEDERAL JOB BUT IF YOU ARE PAYING EVERYTHING IS FINE
BOB

Conditions of Employment: To be considered for initial employment, you must be able to:
• Pass a pre-employment drug screening test
• Pass a background investigation, including a criminal check and a credit check. NOTE: This is a non-critical sensitive National Security position that requires you to be fingerprinted, photographed, and complete appropriate security paperwork, including a SF-86 Questionnaire for National Security Positions. The pre-employment background investigation must be completed with favorable results prior to a final offer of employment and cannot be initiated until submission of a COMPLETED questionnaire.
If your credit check reveals any of the following, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION:
• Defaulted on $5,000 or more in debt (excluding certain circumstances of bankruptcy), or
• Owe any delinquent Federal or State taxes, or
• Owe any past due child support payments.
• Pass initial hiring and all training requirements including 56-72 hours of classroom training, 112-128 hours of on-the-job training, and initial certification testing.
NOTE: Initial training may require you to travel for up to two weeks on a full-time schedule.

Rachel W in Illinois said: Conditions of Employment: To be considered for initial employment, you must be able to:
• Pass a pre-employment drug screening test
• Pass a background investigation, including a criminal check and a credit check. NOTE: This is a non-critical sensitive National Security position that requires you to be fingerprinted, photographed, and complete appropriate security paperwork, including a SF-86 Questionnaire for National Security Positions. The pre-employment background investigation must be completed with favorable results prior to a final offer of employment and cannot be initiated until submission of a COMPLETED questionnaire.
If your credit check reveals any of the following, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS POSITION:
• Defaulted on $5,000 or more in debt (excluding certain circumstances of bankruptcy), or
• Owe any delinquent Federal or State taxes, or
• Owe any past due child support payments.
• Pass initial hiring and all training requirements including 56-72 hours of classroom training, 112-128 hours of on-the-job training, and initial certification testing.
NOTE: Initial training may require you to travel for up to two weeks on a full-time schedule.

i DID NOT PASS THE SCREENING TEST.,
BOB

bevbrooks in Sykesville, Maryland said: I am a former TSA employee who's position was eliminated (admin office) on 9/30/06 after 4 years of employment. Screener positions are safer than Admin positions. I would access the usajobs.gov website and select your state/city. All the federal jobs in your area are posted to this website. You HAVE to apply on-line. If you are selected to move further, the TSA recruitment center will either email you or contact you by phone to move to the next step. If you are still interested, you will go to a location assigned by them in your area and take two computer tests (this will take approx. 1-1/2 hours). IF you pass these tests, the recruitment center generally lets you know immediately by email. Your next email will be a confirmation link that you wish to go further and accept a contingency offer. If you accept, it may take some time, but TSA HRServices (Arlington, VA)will contact you to set up an interview at your airport). An extensive background is done and once all of that is completed, you will go away to school (near your location) and train for approximately 10 days. All in all, the whole process can take up to 3 months. If you are a female, you will have a greater chance of getting on than a male. I understand (for the most part) you will automatically start part-time), but depending on the size of your aiport and turnover, it may not take long to become full-time. The hourly rate is good ($12.50+) in this area (Roanoke, VA), you will accrue annual leave time and sick leave time immediately and can also apply for Federal benefits (which are REALLY good). Pls. let me know if you have any further questions, and I hope this helps!

what does this computer test consist of?..please let me know.

Diana Ross in Brooklyn, New York said: Dont do it,its bull you know the rest.Again there is no real job security.Tsa doesnt have a universal union some airports have it some dont.JFK in nyc has o union but Laquardia in nyc doesnt which is insane.Its very easy to lose your job,you will be on probation for two years.Every so often you will have to take tests to keep your job and quizzes also.You will have to keep being recertified every year to keep your job.Ask your self is it worth it for $14.oo per hour.Basically its at will employment for two years they can come to you and say we know longer need your services and thats it your gone.Dont waste your time on this,go to college get a good job.I wish i didnt waste three years of my life working for the.If you can take any job that comes along,youll thank me later.Tsa is to mush aggravation and stress for a little bit of money.Its the bottom of the heap as far as government jobs are concerned.I mean think about what other government agency isnt unionized,even the post office has union's.

I worked as a TSO as well for about 4 years, starting when the aiports federalized. I guess it was not a bad first job, I did buy a new car, get my own place and left with a good amount too rollover from the 401k-TSP which is a excellent investment plan.
But like Diana says the job was just not worth the bull crap at times. There are no step raises like other federal employees just cost of living raises. I know other federal employees get adequate raises without having to go through the stress of recertifying or taking sop quizzes in order to keep their jobs. The job was back breaking and stressful enough dealing with large volume of passengers, and having to worry about doing every little stupid procedure correctly because management knit picked everything, especially when management was horrible at how they ran things! If you can stick to part-time it is not bad for benefits since you pay the same as an FT

You're so right, TSA is pitiful with their standards... They expect to much from an employee, and they will fire your ass quick in a heart beat if they wanted to... You have to take test after test after test like regular homeland security officers.. I have a friend that protects the Us boarder from Mexican immigrants on the Us Mexico boarder line in south Texas... They want you to not owe anything"come on people we're in America" 2/3 of Americans owe credit big time! and the show stopper! all this for 12.50 an hour? lmfao!.. I make 17.00 an hour, i work under but not for Homeland Security and I make so much more...I would rather become a deputy making 19-25.00 a hr. Homeland security's approval requirements are way to high, and they wine and cry that they don't have the man power to fight the war against the scum bag drug lords... My advise to you homeland Security lower your standards..

Diana Ross in Brooklyn, New York said: Dont do it,its bull you know the rest.Again there is no real job security.Tsa doesnt have a universal union some airports have it some dont.JFK in nyc has o union but Laquardia in nyc doesnt which is insane.Its very easy to lose your job,you will be on probation for two years.Every so often you will have to take tests to keep your job and quizzes also.You will have to keep being recertified every year to keep your job.Ask your self is it worth it for $14.oo per hour.Basically its at will employment for two years they can come to you and say we know longer need your services and thats it your gone.Dont waste your time on this,go to college get a good job.I wish i didnt waste three years of my life working for the.If you can take any job that comes along,youll thank me later.Tsa is to mush aggravation and stress for a little bit of money.Its the bottom of the heap as far as government jobs are concerned.I mean think about what other government agency isnt unionized,even the post office has union's.[/QU

No, there isn't. I took the test today, and failed.. it's a really difficult test, especially the part when you have to do x-ray images... the test was rediculously hard, especially the last part, because everything was bleded in... wow, what a pain in the rear, you can't expect anything less from homeland security.. they pay chump change, and make their test hard to pass...

david in Milford, Connecticut said: I'll be taking the enterance exam. Does anyone know if there is any material I can study to get ready.

Rachel W in Chicago, Illinois said: Mary, You can't owe more than $5000 and you can't owe any money to the Federal Goverment or State. You cant owe any Childsupport either. Good Luck Rachel

On the test, When they show you a new item are supposed to look only for that item or add them and search for all?

How long does it take to get to the Interview step? I just succeeded the 2-hour examination which was very informative and definitely fun to take - I mean the X-rays!

Hi, I applied for a job with TSA and passed the prescreening. If they approve me and I have to do a background check I have 2 jobs that I recently quit do I have to put those on the background check?

Bob M, new to the internet? You post the same thing 100 times in the worst English I've ever seen, and in CAPS to boot. Why am I not surprised you failed the test?

NO NO CELL PHONE BOB!! NO NO CELL PHONE!!

bevbrooks in Sykesville, Maryland said: I am a former TSA employee who's position was eliminated (admin office) on 9/30/06 after 4 years of employment. Screener positions are safer than Admin positions. I would access the usajobs.gov website and select your state/city. All the federal jobs in your area are posted to this website. You HAVE to apply on-line. If you are selected to move further, the TSA recruitment center will either email you or contact you by phone to move to the next step. If you are still interested, you will go to a location assigned by them in your area and take two computer tests (this will take approx. 1-1/2 hours). IF you pass these tests, the recruitment center generally lets you know immediately by email. Your next email will be a confirmation link that you wish to go further and accept a contingency offer. If you accept, it may take some time, but TSA HRServices (Arlington, VA)will contact you to set up an interview at your airport). An extensive background is done and once all of that is completed, you will go away to school (near your location) and train for approximately 10 days. All in all, the whole process can take up to 3 months. If you are a female, you will have a greater chance of getting on than a male. I understand (for the most part) you will automatically start part-time), but depending on the size of your aiport and turnover, it may not take long to become full-time. The hourly rate is good ($12.50+) in this area (Roanoke, VA), you will accrue annual leave time and sick leave time immediately and can also apply for Federal benefits (which are REALLY good). Pls. let me know if you have any further questions, and I hope this helps!

Is there a way where you can take a practice test.....or the test before hand?

Marilyn Hanns in Denver, Colorado said: Is there a way where you can take a practice test.....or the test before hand?

Unfortunately no, the images are tough. I personally just took the test again and failed it. I was so disappointed! They do give you a few images to look at prior to the real test, but they don't tell you if you guess it correctly. I think it's a good memorization test, and my memory is not that good. They give you 6-8 items to memorize for about 30 seconds and then go from screen to screen asking you if you see these items in this garbled up mess (to try and resemble an image of a suitcase) and it's hard. It you fail, they give you 6 months to retry depending on whether there are openings in your area or not.

I hope this helps.

how do i get a custom job?

I have a theory, you are rejected if you score too well on the first part of the test.
I have personal experience with friends & family a better educated sibling was
rejected, another former special ed student sibling was selected.

I applied on Feb 5 of this year (2011) a position for a TSA Inspector (Canine Explosives Detection Unit) through the USAJobs website. Filled out all the necessary info, scanned and made PDF's of my transcripts of my Bachelors Degree, and I guess playing the waiting game. I can check my progress on this Candidate Dashboard module. Anyhow I'm sure you are all familiar. It's just that I got an email a month later on March 5th, saying that my app is finally received and is undergoing more review. It's going to be a while until a phone call I'll get.

I really look forward to this job/career, having a four legged coworker/partner alongside with me, having a govt issued vehicle and doghouse, and having a pet again (had a Terrier of 15 years just passed, hard to cope with until after about a week and a half).

My questions, for those of you who are employed currently with the TSA, wherever you're located, preferably the same position that I'm hoping for (or screener also), are about the background investigation and reference check and address check (where you lived in the past 10 years); is there an actual list of questions they ask? I read on a separate forum elsewhere there's an online background application or questionaire and it takes about 3 hours to complete. Is this something needing to be done online? is it timed? or is it a PDF file that you fill out on the computer, and print, and bring with you to the next meeting or just submit online electronically? I can tell you that I have a clean background and never broken any law.

As far as giving addresses that are unique that you have lived at in the past 10 years, again on a forum that I've read about, you have to include the information of 3 people that have known you at each address... Would these have to be the same 3 people, different people? I lived at a college dorm, then an apartment, and then back at my family's, being the same place where I was born. Do these 3 people have to be neighbors? Friends?

bevbrooks in Sykesville, Maryland said: I am a former TSA employee who's position was eliminated (admin office) on 9/30/06 after 4 years of employment. Screener positions are safer than Admin positions. I would access the usajobs.gov website and select your state/city. All the federal jobs in your area are posted to this website. You HAVE to apply on-line. If you are selected to move further, the TSA recruitment center will either email you or contact you by phone to move to the next step. If you are still interested, you will go to a location assigned by them in your area and take two computer tests (this will take approx. 1-1/2 hours). IF you pass these tests, the recruitment center generally lets you know immediately by email. Your next email will be a confirmation link that you wish to go further and accept a contingency offer. If you accept, it may take some time, but TSA HRServices (Arlington, VA)will contact you to set up an interview at your airport). An extensive background is done and once all of that is completed, you will go away to school (near your location) and train for approximately 10 days. All in all, the whole process can take up to 3 months. If you are a female, you will have a greater chance of getting on than a male. I understand (for the most part) you will automatically start part-time), but depending on the size of your aiport and turnover, it may not take long to become full-time. The hourly rate is good ($12.50+) in this area (Roanoke, VA), you will accrue annual leave time and sick leave time immediately and can also apply for Federal benefits (which are REALLY good). Pls. let me know if you have any further questions, and I hope this helps!

Hello,
Thanks for you post, the info you've provided was very helpful. Quick question, do you have to be a citizen in order to get this position or green card is also aplicable? and did you have to pay for those 10 day courses? If yes, than how much? Thanks.

Do you have to be a citizen in order to be considered for a TSA position or the GC is also applicable? Thanks.

Hi thanks for sharing such valuable info, I'm to take the CBT in March and was wondering if you knew of any online site that you can practice the screening/scanning part of test. I understand it can be difficult to pick out objects.

I do have a question? I have applied with the TSA for the security job. I received my invitation for the computer test. What does the test consist of,is it hard and do part time employees get many hours. I must bring home over $700 every 2 wks to improve my self. I will graduate from Homeland Security in the fall and interested in improving myself. I also seen where you advise females get on easier! How come?

WC in Dalton, Georgia said: I do have a question? I have applied with the TSA for the security job. I received my invitation for the computer test. What does the test consist of,is it hard and do part time employees get many hours. I must bring home over $700 every 2 wks to improve my self. I will graduate from Homeland Security in the fall and interested in improving myself. I also seen where you advise females get on easier! How come?

Hi WC,

Every city/airport is different but I can give you some advice. Part time work hrs are 25 hrs a week or 50 hrs a pay period. Depending on your airport you may be able to work overtime. Airports are short women period, TSA is mostly male dominated. More females are needed for the gender to gender pat-downs etc. That's why its easier for women. Hope I answer your questions.

bevbrooks in Sykesville, Maryland said: I am a former TSA employee who's position was eliminated (admin office) on 9/30/06 after 4 years of employment. Screener positions are safer than Admin positions. I would access the usajobs.gov website and select your state/city. All the federal jobs in your area are posted to this website. You HAVE to apply on-line. If you are selected to move further, the TSA recruitment center will either email you or contact you by phone to move to the next step. If you are still interested, you will go to a location assigned by them in your area and take two computer tests (this will take approx. 1-1/2 hours). IF you pass these tests, the recruitment center generally lets you know immediately by email. Your next email will be a confirmation link that you wish to go further and accept a contingency offer. If you accept, it may take some time, but TSA HRServices (Arlington, VA)will contact you to set up an interview at your airport). An extensive background is done and once all of that is completed, you will go away to school (near your location) and train for approximately 10 days. All in all, the whole process can take up to 3 months. If you are a female, you will have a greater chance of getting on than a male. I understand (for the most part) you will automatically start part-time), but depending on the size of your aiport and turnover, it may not take long to become full-time. The hourly rate is good ($12.50+) in this area (Roanoke, VA), you will accrue annual leave time and sick leave time immediately and can also apply for Federal benefits (which are REALLY good). Pls. let me know if you have any further questions, and I hope this helps!

I was just wondering if I accepted my contingent offer does that mean as long as I pass everything else I will get the job I applied for or do I have to wait in the ready pool till a position come available?

Congratulations on passing that tough TSA test. There is no way on studying for that test, so taking your time and really concentrating on it helps a little bit. Once you pass it, you pretty much get results immediately on your email address you gave them in the beginning. If you pass the test and accept the contingency offer, you then go through a background check. Once that's complete, you pretty much go in a ready pool until a position becomes available which they have 2 years to contact you for that to happen. You hate to give them that much control, but you have no control when a position might become available. Once again, if you're a female, your chances are stronger. Good luck! Passing the test was the hardest part!

Bev Brooks in Roanoke, Virginia said: Congratulations on passing that tough TSA test. There is no way on studying for that test, so taking your time and really concentrating on it helps a little bit. Once you pass it, you pretty much get results immediately on your email address you gave them in the beginning. If you pass the test and accept the contingency offer, you then go through a background check. Once that's complete, you pretty much go in a ready pool until a position becomes available which they have 2 years to contact you for that to happen. You hate to give them that much control, but you have no control when a position might become available. Once again, if you're a female, your chances are stronger. Good luck! Passing the test was the hardest part!

Congrats on passing the test. now stand by to wait for a very long time. applied on 9/24/2011 took test on 11/30/2011 and still waiting for a call. You call the HR people and they say the airport has to contact you. Ive applied for over 10 different places and they are telling me that no one has quit, got fired, or they just need a very qualified person for the job? thats BS. You have to know someone or somthing. I have 20 years military experience which 14 was security related. I am not in need of a high paying job but i want to stay in the security field. I want to do this job really bad I am way over qualified, but I am willing to take less to help out. I dont know what they want in an employee. But obviously by watching the news and seeing all the lawsuits against them they arent hiring the right people. Well to all good luck in your ventures through this chaos and hopefully you will get a call as i hope I do also.

I began my applying process in the last part of 2010- passed the test, passed the credit check and submitted the SF86. I have applied at many different airports out west. I am a physically fit female, kids grown, owe no money to the government and have good credit standing. I let my candidate dashboard sit while I pursued other things and now want to begin applying at different airports again. (which I did recently and my application is being reviewed) I haven't updated it since the beginning of 2011. My question is this- how long is the test, the credit and the SF86 good for?? Does anyone know?? I am sure that I will have to update the SF86 at some point- but will this prevent an airport from calling me for an airport assessment?? I really want to get a job out west and have just applied (thru USAJOBS) and see that my application is being 'reviewed'.