---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 104.220"
title: "33"
number: "104.220"
heading: "Company or vessel personnel with security duties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/104.220"
---

# §104.220. Company or vessel personnel with security duties.


Company and vessel personnel responsible for security duties must maintain a TWIC, and must have knowledge, through training or equivalent job experience, in the following, as appropriate:

- (a) Knowledge of current security threats and patterns;
- (b) Recognition and detection of dangerous substances and devices;
- (c) Recognition of characteristics and behavioral patterns of persons who are likely to threaten security;
- (d) Techniques used to circumvent security measures;
- (e) Crowd management and control techniques;
- (f) Security related communications;
- (g) Knowledge of emergency procedures and contingency plans;
- (h) Operation of security equipment and systems;
- (i) Testing and calibration of security equipment and systems, and their maintenance while at sea;
- (j) Inspection, control, and monitoring techniques;
- (k) Relevant provisions of the Vessel Security Plan (VSP);
- (l) Methods of physical screening of persons, personal effects, baggage, cargo, and vessel stores; and
- (m) **The meaning and the consequential requirements of the different Maritime Security (MARSEC) Levels.**
- (n) **Relevant aspects of the TWIC program and how to carry them out.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14749, 68 FR 39302, July 1, 2003, as amended by USCG-2006-24196, 72 FR 3580, Jan. 25, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70051, 70116, Chapter 701; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: USCG-2003-14749, 68 FR 39302, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14749, 68 FR 39302, July 1, 2003, as amended by USCG-2006-24196, 72 FR 3580, Jan. 25, 2007]