Definition of Aviation Security
Aviation Security profession or abbreviated as AVSEC is quite unfamiliar to the general public. However, AVSEC plays an important role in the aviation world. To get to know this profession better, let's discuss together in this article below.
The growing Indonesian aviation industry is shown by the increasing number of passengers every year. By building airports in various regions, it certainly makes it easier for passengers to reach aviation services.
Along with the growth of airport land area, it is also accompanied by an increase in the number of aviation human resources. One of them is Aviation Security airport. An AVSEC member is a security officer often found at the airport.
What is AVSEC? Aviation Security is one of the professions that has the responsibility to maintain security and safety at the airport. This question arises in most people when they find out about the existence of AVSEC. Although indeed having similarities in maintaining security, it does not mean that AVSEC is categorized as a security guard. The difference between security guards and AVSEC is in their education and licensing.
Security guards or security in general need to follow education and training in terms of physical security aspects from the police. While AVSEC itself not only gets education from the police, but also airport education.
AVSEC also adheres to international regulations, so each member must have a license or Decree of Professional Allowance (SKTP).
In addition, the license is also proof that someone has been able to complete standardization in carrying out duties as AVSEC Airport.
This includes the duties of AVSEC in ensuring aviation security and safety, namely by checking passengers entering the aircraft, checking cabin crew, overseeing access control to the airside, checking transit and transfer aircraft passengers, overseeing routes to aircraft, regulating cargo, and checking illegal items.
This point also becomes another reason for the difference between Aviation Security and security guards or other security officers.
In addition to different duties and responsibilities, these two professions also have different scopes. The scope of Aviation Security is :
2. Passenger safety
3. Personnel safety on the ground
4. Security of facilities in the airport
5. Maintaining security and order in the airport
In carrying out their profession, AVSEC is also equipped with several work equipment
not required by other security officers, such as
1. Metal detector equipment
2. Organic and non-organic material detector equipment
3. Nuclear material or explosive detector equipment
4. And many more.
In addition to ensuring aviation security and safety, an AVSEC must also have good communication skills and have a calm attitude in dealing with various conditions in the field. Why? Because an Aviation Security certainly works face to face with passengers, so good communication skills are needed so that communication between AVSEC and passengers is effective. While this calm attitude is needed so that when an unplanned incident occurs, an AVSEC does not act rashly in choosing an exit that could endanger aviation security and safety. against illegal interference actions, either taking place in ground or air, keeping national and international air transit’s stability and efficience within the Indonesia State and its air space. By completing special training as an Aviation Security, someone will get an official license or Personnel Competence Letter which is the main requirement for an AVSEC member. In addition, Prospective Students have added value in the eyes of the company, so it will benefit in tight competition conditions to become an AVSEC. That's the latest review of our discussion about the profession of Aviation Security which turns out to be no less important in its role than other aviation professions.