Employment standards and training

The Administrator shall prescribe standards for the employment and continued employment of, and contracting for, air carrier personnel and, as appropriate, airport security personnel. The standards shall include— The Administrator— The Administrator shall prescribe standards for educating and training— The Administrator shall establish qualification standards for individuals to be hired by the United States as security screening personnel. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, those standards shall require, at a minimum, an individual— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual may not be deployed as a security screener unless that individual meets the following requirements: The individual shall possess basic aptitudes and physical abilities, including color perception, visual and aural acuity, physical coordination, and motor skills, to the following standards: The individual shall be able to read, speak, and write English well enough to— An individual who has not completed the training required by this section may be deployed during the on-the-job portion of training to perform functions if that individual— The Administrator shall provide that an annual evaluation of each individual assigned screening duties is conducted and documented. An individual employed as a security screener may not continue to be employed in that capacity unless the evaluation demonstrates that the individual— The Administrator shall develop a plan for the training of security screening personnel. The plan shall require, at a minimum, that a security screener— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the TSA Modernization Act, the Administrator shall establish recurring training for security screening personnel regarding updates to screening procedures and technologies, including, in response to weaknesses identified in covert tests at airports— The training under subparagraph (A) shall include—