Title
OTS Airport Security Screener Appointment Rules
Law
Ots Transport Security Regulation No. 003-2006 Cass
Decision Date
Oct 23, 2006
The regulation establishes stringent criteria for the appointment of airport security screeners, emphasizing qualifications such as age, height, educational background, and medical fitness to enhance civil aviation security in compliance with international standards.

Law Summary

Qualifications for Appointment as OTS Airport Security Screener

  • Age requirement: between 21 and 35 years old at the time of application.
  • Minimum height: 5'2" for females; 5'4" for males.
  • Must pass physical, medical, and neuro-psychiatric examinations at a designated government hospital.
  • Educational attainment of at least 72 academic units or 2nd-year college equivalent accredited by CHED or TESDA.
  • No prior convictions involving moral turpitude.
  • No pending criminal or administrative cases.
  • Sufficient color perception to use color x-ray equipment and verify color-coded passes (not color blind).

Grounds for Disqualification

  • Former government employees removed for cause.
  • Relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity applying simultaneously.
  • Convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude.
  • Non-resident aliens.
  • Relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity of key appointing authorities or supervisors.
  • Other disqualifications as ordered by the OTS administrator.

Selection Criteria and Point Allocation

  • Education: up to 20 points depending on the level of attainment.
  • Special qualifications: up to 20 points for related technical skills (e.g., computer education, programming).
  • Civil Service eligibility: 20 points for professional eligibility, 18 for sub-professional.
  • Age: up to 20 points with highest points for ages 21-25, decreasing incrementally up to age 35.
  • Personality: 10 points divided between poise/bearing and interview ability.
  • Qualifying exam: 10 points.

Application and Appointment Procedures

  • Submission of OTS application form A-11-06 in triplicate.
  • Presentation of original birth certificate, diplomas, transcripts, NBI clearance authenticated by issuing agency, ID pictures, and other documents as required.
  • Personal interview by the Personnel Selection Board.
  • Passing of comprehensive background investigations including national and local agency checks.
  • Six-month probationary appointment.
  • Completion and passing of on-the-job training including sanctioned aviation security training mandated by NCASP before formal appointment.
  • Priority hiring given to orphans of deceased former NACAHT/NCCAS employees, PNP-ASG personnel, and OTS personnel, provided qualifications are met.

Construction and Enforcement

  • Rules are to be liberally construed to further civil aviation security objectives.
  • OTS Administrator reserves the right to inspect, investigate, evaluate, assess, and prescribe additional requirements to meet evolving transport security needs.

Separability Clause

  • If any provision is declared invalid, other provisions remain unaffected and fully enforceable.

Effectivity Clause

  • The regulation takes effect immediately upon its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

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