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• Ensures that only passengers whose flights are open for check-in are
  allowed into the check-in counters by checking their travel documents.
• Ensures that only authorized staff are allowed into the restricted
  areas of the airport according to the specifications on their passes
• Allows only vehicles, which have a valid airside pass, to access the
  airside
• Ensures that only authorised visitors are allowed to areas they have
  been cleared to go.
• Accepts contractors who have been cleared to access restricted areas
  to pertomi their dunes.
• Grants access to flight crew after presenting and verifying their
  crew cards.
• Ensures that only deserving persons are granted access to the Very
  Important Persons (VIP) lounges.
• Ensures access control is carried out fast without compromising
  security and avoids undue loss of time to clients.

• Examines bags entering airport restricted areas using the x-ray
  machine to detect prohibited items that may be concealed.
• Refers bags with a possible threat for physical search
• Holds bags with obvious threat in the x-ray tunnel before notifying
  the supervisor for an appropriate action and keep it away from the owner,
• Clears all bags with no threat.
• Examines bags physically in order to detect any concealed prohibited
  items
• Refers bags to the checkpoint supervisor for appropriate action upon
  discovery of prohibited item.
• Screens persons entering the airport restricted areas using the Walk
  Through Metal Detector(WT MD) to detect prohibited items that may be
  concealed on the body that may be used to commit acts of unlawful
  interference against civil aviation
• Uses the Hand Held Metal Detector to screen persons to detect
  prohibited items
• Physically searches persons who may not need the use of the WTMD or
  HHMD or when the security situation dictates.
• Checks all vehicles entering the restricted areas for prohibited
  items.
• Refers all detected prohibited items to the checkpoint supervisor
  for appropriate action
• Ensures that all screening equipment works to the required
  specifications by carrying out the standard equipment tests and report any
  equipment which does not work according to the acceptable standards to the
  supervisor for corrective action
• Ensures speedy, timely and accurate screening without compromising
  security
• Ensures proper care and use of equipment and other accessories at
  the checkpoint.
• Reports to the immediate supervisor any irregularities / incidents
  occurring at the area of deployment and enter record of the incidents in
  the logbook; writes incident reports where necessary.

• Carries out toot patrols to discover items that maybe hidden in the
  airport facilities that may be used to commit acts of unlawful
  interference against civil aviation
• Uses a vehicle to check / inspect the integrity of the perimeter
  fence.
• Reports any areas of the fence that may have been broken to the
  supervisor who informs the relevant office for an appropriate action.
• In case a prohibited item is discovered during patrols, follows the
  standard operating procedures in handling such items.
• Apprehends intruders who are discovered to have climbed over the
  perimeter fence and hand them over to AVPOL for proper management

• Ensures that visitors are issued with an authorization pass for them
  to perform their duties in restricted areas of the airport.
• Staff that have been cleared, but have not been issued with an
  ofiicial airport pass, are granted one day passes to access them to
  restricted areas.
• Ensures that Contractors of various agencies at the airport who have
  been cleared to be facilitated with the necessary passes to enable them
  carry out their functions.
• issues temporary airside passes to vehicies that have been
  authorised to do so like ambulances, delivery vans, etc.
• Ensures that any VIP who needs to receive guests at the apron is
  facilitated with a visitors pass for that purpose.
• As a job holder, handles ALL visitors to the airport; it is
  important that a security assistant displays good customer care to portray
  the good image of CAA.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism, team work and discipline
  at all times.
• Maintains good internal and external relations with all airport
  users.
• Ensures quick and professional facilitation of passengers and other
  persons through security checkpoints without compromising security.

• Observes passengers’ behaviour to detect and identify any behaviour
  that is out of the normal.
• Reports any such suspicion to the checkpoint supervisor for further
  investigation.
• Subjects persons who show suspicious behaviour to further security
  measures such as screening.
• Guarding
• Safeguards CAA property from theft and other avoidable losses by
  ensuring that gate passes are presented before anything can be taken out
  of the premises.
• Protects CAA clients‘ property from theft and pilferage.
• Ensures that access to parked aircraft is regulated to allow only
  authorised persons.
• Notifies the electrical section about power failures in guarded areas
  so that it is restored.
• Maintains alertness and an awareness of the security operational
  environment.

• Checks all passengers’ travel documents and only grants those with
  genuine documents to the restricted areas.
• Reports those with suspicious documents, through the checkpoint
  supervisor, to the airline, the immigration department and AVPOL for
  appropriate action.
• Verifies airport passes to detect forged passes and apprehends those
  with suspicious access permits for further investigation.
• Checks all requests for passes and the subsequent authorization to
  detect any forgeries.

• Escorts CAA property such as fuel from the pump station to the areas
  of distribution.
• Ensures all official visitors are escorted until such a time when
  they finish their official visits.
• Accompanies all transit bags from screening area to the baggage
  sorting to prevent any unauthorized item from being introduced into the
  bags.
• Escorts VIPs who are authorized to receive their dignitaries at the
  airside.
• Handle basic intelligence information
• Ensures all basic intelligence information that may be brought to
  his/her attention is reported to the supervisor for further investigation.
  
• Gathers basic information that may relate to threats to civil
  aviation and passes that information to his/her supervisor for follow up
  action.

• Be an active member in times of emergencies by providing a butler
  for the emergency response teams like fire department.
• Cordons off areas of incidents so that evidence is not tampered with
  for investigators
• Restrict access to emergency scenes to only emergency teams.
• Coordinates communication form the Emergency Operation centre (EOC).
• Handle dangerous goods
• Upon discovery of dangerous goods, reports to the concerned airline
  operator for proper handling.
• Ensures that the airline property marks and labels the dangerous
  goods for safe transportation in the air.

• Requests all VIPs entering the VIP lounge to register in the VIP
  register.
• Screens all VIPs and their hand luggage before accessing them to the
  lounge.
• Advises VIPs on items that may be in their hand luggage that should
  be transported as checked baggage.
• Reports any VIP who refuses to comply with security measures to the
  VIP supervisor and to his/her supervisors

• Safeguards clients’ valuables that may be entrusted to his/her care.
  
• Ensures an up to date record of valuables entrusted to his/her care
  is maintained.
• Issue permits
• Issues airport permits to all persons authorized to work at the
  airport according to their areas of operation.
• Issues Airside Driving Permits to drivers who have been tested by
  the transport and airside safety offices.
• Issues both permanent and temporary vehicle airside permits to
  vehicles that have been cleared to access the airside.
• Keeps an inventory of all passes. both permanent and temporary,
  Issued

• Carries out CCTV surveillance of facilities to detect any acts of
  unlawful interference to civil aviation
• Uses physical observation to monitor restricted areas of the airport
  as well as public areas to detect unlawful acts.
• Reports any suspicious acts to his/her supervisor for appropriate
  action.
• Carries out ‘sterilization’/check of the area of operation at the
  time of take-over of duties and as required by standard operating
  procedures (SOPs).

• Mans the pass production room to process airport passes to be issued
  to authorised persons in a timely manner.
• Ensures that the equipment needed in the production room is in good
  working condition and reports any malfunctions to the technical officer
  for prompt correction.
• Keeps an inventory of the equipment used in the production room.
• Ensures all permits processing equipment and materials are properly
  used, handled and maintained.

• Scrutinizes documents presented for access requests to ascertain
  their authenticity before facilitating anyone with an airport pass.
• Uses basic interview questioning to establish the need to access
  before any visitor, staff or contractor is issued with an airport pass.

• Attends departmental and organizational meetings whenever they are
  convened.
• Participates in the implementation of resolutions made in the
  meetings that fall under his/her jurisdiction.
• Any other lawful assignment allocated by the supervisor And/or
  Management from time to time.
• The Job holder is cooperative and readily responds to adhoc tasks
  assigned to him/her.

• The applicant for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Corporation
  Secretary job placement must hold a Bachelor’s Degree from a
  reputable institution,
• A background in security work from the disciplined forces will be an
  added advantage,
• Must be physically and mentally fit;
• Applicants should possess the following standards that will be
  verified by a CAA approved physician:
• Eyesight: With or without spectacles or contact lenses, be able to
  read correctly a vehicle number plate or similar signage at 23 m distance
  and be able to read labels on bottles of spirits and aerosols at a
  distance selected by the candidate of between 30-50
• Colour perception: Have colour perception sufficient to use coloured
  X-ray equipment and to check airport restricted area permits with colour
  codes.
• Hearing: With or without an audio aid, be able to hear radio and
  telephone communications, audio signals emitted by security equipment, and
  an average conversational human voice at a distance ot2.5 m in a quiet
  room.
• Sense of smell: Be able to sense odours.
• Perception and awareness: Have powers of observation and
  concentration sufficient to notice, identify and act on information,
  circumstances or images in an effective manner.
• Chemical dependency: Be free from dependence on alcohol or illegal
  substances.
• Applicants should have no speech impediments that would prevent
  communicating quickly and effectively,
• Of added advantage: ability to read, speak and write a foreign
  language and computer literacy
• Team spirit
• Interpersonal skills and assertiveness
• Ability to perform repetitive and sometimes tedious tasks
• Ability to operate under pressure
• Willingness and ability to work flexible work hours
• Age: Between 22 to
  35 years

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