TSA to Hire Screeners at Syracuse and Watertown Airports

TSA to Hire Screeners at Airport 
Hancock needs workers for the early morning, late afternoon peak travel times. 

January 08, 2004 
Syracuse Post Standard, NY

Beset by attrition, the Transportation Security Administration will hire 57 
part-time screeners for Syracuse's airport and six more for Watertown's airport 
to check passengers and luggage for weapons. 

Applications for the jobs - which pay a minimum of $26,400 per year based on a 
40-hour work week - will be accepted until Jan. 15. 

Syracuse Hancock International Airport once had a force of 191 screeners, but 
20 were laid off in the spring of 2003, some left for other jobs, and the force 
is down to 121 screeners, said Gary Milano, the TSA's federal security director 
for the Syracuse region. 

"We need more people to accomplish our mission," Milano said. "It is recognized 
that Syracuse and Watertown are understaffed airports. We're looking for people 
who want to serve their country." 

The TSA took over passenger and luggage screening duties at Hancock Airport in 
August 2002, replacing poorly paid private security guards, in one of the 
post-9/11 changes made to combat terrorism. 

The TSA needs more screeners at Hancock, especially during the early morning 
and late afternoon peak travel periods, Milano said. 

Applicants can apply online for screener jobs at the federal government's jobs 
Web site - www.usajobs.opm.gov - by clicking on the "search jobs" menu button, 
typing in TSA-04-2065 in the keyword search box and clicking on a "search for 
jobs" button. 

Applicants who cannot apply online may contact the TSA Recruitment Services 
Center at (800) 887-1895. TSA officials in Syracuse can be reached at 455-3300. 

Milano said the jobs would be up to 32 hours per week and workers would receive 
prorated benefits based on the number of hours worked. 

Applicants must be U.S. citizen or U.S. nationals and have a high school 
diploma or GED, or have at least one year of full-time work experience in 
security work, aviation screener work or X-ray technician work. Applicants must 
pass a background investigation and complete 100 hours of training. 

The screeners hired would probably start work at the two airports in about two 
months, he said. 

Screeners laid off at Hancock last year will receive preference if they want to 
return to work, Milano said. 


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