# Security Support Assistant

Provider: [Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - Transportation Security Administration (TSA)](https://programs.cccareers.org/providers/department-of-homeland-security-dhs-transportation-security-administration-tsa)

- Program type: Not listed
- Branches: All branches
- Format: In person
- Length: 151 - 180 days
- Locations: Adak, AK; Anchorage, AK; Bethel, AK; Cordova, AK; Dillingham, AK; and 38 more
- Website: https://www.tsa.gov
- Contact: Carlos Zuniga, tsavets@tsa.dhs.gov
- Page: https://programs.cccareers.org/programs/department-of-homeland-security-dhs-transportation-security-8oyo46

## Summary

A Security Support Assistant (SSA) engages in activities to support Transportation Security Officers (TSO) providing passenger and baggage screening in aviation and other transportation modes. The incumbent performs support functions related to passenger and baggage screening through the use and application of processes, procedures, and techniques.

## Job description

The SSA is responsible for performing routine tasks in support of TSA operations at airports or other transportation terminals, as assigned. This position supports TSO functions but is not trained nor sanctioned to perform passenger and/or baggage screening for which certification is required. The incumbent acts under close supervision. The incumbent will carry out progressively more difficult and responsible tasks including, but not limited to serving as queue monitor in advance of the security checkpoint; divesting coach for advising traveling public; assisting in handling luggage for inspection; replenishing security checkpoint supplies; and other job-related duties as assigned. Depending on duty location, shifts may require work of unconventional hours to support local airport operations.

## Locations

- Adak, AK, 99546 (near ADK – Adak Airport)
- Anchorage, AK, 99502
- Bethel, AK, 99559 (near BET – Bethel Airport)
- Cordova, AK, 99574 (near CDV – Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport)
- Dillingham, AK, 99576 (near DLG – Dillingham Airport)
- Fairbanks, AK, 99709 (near FAI – Fairbanks International Airport)
- Gustavus, AK, 99826 (near GST – Gustavus Airport)
- Ketchikan, AK, 99901 (near KTN – Ketchikan International Airport)
- King Salmon, AK, 99613 (near AKN – King Salmon Airport)
- Kodiak, AK, 99615 (near ADQ – Kodiak Airport)
- Kotzebue, AK, 99752 (near OTZ – Ralph Wien Memorial Airport)
- Nome, AK, 99762 (near OME – Nome Airport)
- Petersburg, AK, 99833 (near PSG – Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport)
- Sitka, AK, 99835 (near SIT – Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport)
- Utqiagvik, AK (near BRW – Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport)
- Wrangell, AK, 99929 (near WRG – Wrangell Airport)
- Yakutat, AK, 99689 (near YAK – Yakutat Airport)
- Aspen, CO, 81611 (near ASE – Aspen/Pitkin County Airport)
- Denver, CO, 80249 (near DEN – Denver International Airport)
- Hayden, CO, 81639 (near HDN – Yampa Valley Regional Airport)
- Key West, FL, 33040 (near EYW-Key West International Airport)
- Hebron, KY, 41048 (near CVG – Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport)
- Owensboro, KY, 42301 (near OWB-Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport)
- West Paducah, KY, 42086 (near PAH-Barkley Regional Airport)
- Boston, MA, 02128 (near BOS – Logan International Airport)
- Presque Isle, ME, 04769 (near PQI-Presque Isle International Airport)
- Detroit, MI, 48242 (near DTW-Detroit Metropolitan Airport)
- Minneapolis, MN, 55111 (near MSP – Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport)
- St Louis, MO, 63145 (near STL-St. Louis Lambert International Airport)
- Natchez, MS, 39120 (near HEZ-Natchez–Adams County Airport)
- Charlotte, NC, 28208 (near CLT-Charlotte Douglas International Airport)
- Omaha, NE, 68110 (near OMA – Eppley Airfield Airport)
- Las Vegas, NV, 89119 (near LAS- Harry Reid International Airport)
- Cleveland, OH, 44135 (near CLE-Cleveland Hopkins International Airport)
- Cleveland, OH, 44135 (near CLE – Cleveland Hopkins International Airport)
- Columbus, OH, 43219 (near CMH-John Glenn Columbus International Airport)
- Columbus, OH, 43219 (near CMH – John Glenn Columbus International Airport)
- Austin, TX, 78719 (near AUS-Austin-Bergstrom International Airport)
- Midland, TX, 79706 (near MAF – Midland International Air & Space Port Airport)
- Arlington, VA, 22202 (near DCA-Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
- Green Bay, WI, 54313 (near GRB-Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport)
- Cody, WY, 82414 (near COD – Yellowstone Regional Airport)
- Jackson, WY, 83001 (near JAC – Jackson Hole Airport)
- Rock Springs, WY, 82901 (near RKS – Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport)
- Sheridan, WY, 82801 (near SHR – Sheridan County Airport)

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