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Security Screening Officer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what security screening officers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most security screening officers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Security Screening Officer with a state security licence and hands-on experience operating X-ray, metal detection and body scanning equipment across airport and court environments. I work methodically through screening procedures, keep accurate compliance records and stay calm when a bag or passenger triggers an alarm. I am looking for a screening role where attention to detail and clear communication protect both the secure area and the travelling public.
Key skills
- Security operations
- Emergency response
- Regulatory compliance
- Rapiscan X-ray screening systems
- Walk-through metal detectors
- Explosive trace detection units
- Body scanners
- Access control and CCTV software
- Safety and compliance awareness
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Customer service
Experience: example bullet points
- Operated Rapiscan X-ray and walk-through metal detection equipment at a busy screening point, processing several hundred passengers and bags per shift while keeping the lane moving steadily.
- Conducted pat-downs and hand searches when an alarm or anomaly was detected, resolving most issues at the lane and escalating only genuine concerns to supervisors.
- Checked identification and travel documents against passenger and visitor records, catching mismatches that would otherwise have delayed boarding or entry.
- Escalated suspected prohibited items to supervisors and police, following federal and state security procedures and preserving the integrity of the screening point.
- Recorded incident details and completed screening and compliance paperwork, keeping logs accurate for audit and shift handover.
- Completed dangerous goods and security screening refresher training, applying updated procedures to daily screening duties and reducing procedural errors at the lane.
Education
Certificate III or IV in Security Operations or Transport Security is common, with a Diploma or Bachelor degree in a related field also supporting the role; many officers begin with Year 12 and complete employer-specific screening and dangerous goods training.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Security Licence (state or territory)
- ASIC (Aviation Security Identification Card)
- MSIC (Maritime Security Identification Card)
- Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
- Maritime Security Act
- Office of Transport Security
- prohibited items
- screening point
- pat-down
- hand search
- CCTV
- access control
- Rapiscan
- explosive trace detection
- body scanner
- walk-through metal detector
- dangerous goods training
- first aid
- regulatory compliance
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.