---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 105.210"
title: "33"
number: "105.210"
heading: "Facility personnel with security duties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/105.210"
---

# §105.210. Facility personnel with security duties.


Facility 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, calibration, and maintenance of security equipment and systems;
- (j) Inspection, control, and monitoring techniques;
- (k) Relevant provisions of the Facility Security Plan (FSP);
- (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 MARSEC Levels.**
- (n) **Familiar with all relevant aspects of the TWIC program and how to carry them out.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14732, 68 FR 39322, July 1, 2003, as amended by USCG-2006-24196, 72 FR 3583, Jan. 25, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70034, 70103, 70116; sec. 811, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905 (46 U.S.C. 70103 note); 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2003-14732, 68 FR 39322, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2003-14732, 68 FR 39322, July 1, 2003, as amended by USCG-2006-24196, 72 FR 3583, Jan. 25, 2007]