Security Protection Services Workers

How to become a Security Screening Officer

Official Chinese title (2022 occupational classification): 安检员

Also called: Aviation Security Screener, Mail and Parcel Security Screener, Rail Passenger Security Screener

Carries out security screening with X ray scanners and other equipment at airports, stations, ports and other public places.

Main tasks

Screening people entering and leaving airports, stations, ports and customs, and their hand luggage, stored and checked items, with equipment as the law requires
Checking suspicious items by opening bags and searching by hand or with X ray machines and explosives detectors
Checking the documents and belongings of people entering secure areas or special sites
Checking vehicles, ships, goods and documents passing through customs
Holding or seizing suspicious items under the law and rules and handing offenders to law enforcement
Compiling and reporting incidents, special situations and activations of emergency plans, and writing self check reports and corrective measures

Ways in

Vocational majors: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Civil Aviation Safety Technology Management (500406). Vocational major 500406 Civil Aviation Safety Technology Management (民航安全技术管理), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Civil Aviation Security Screener; Civil Aviation Security Screening.; Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Aviation Services (700402). Vocational major 700402 Aviation Services (航空服务), 3 years. The Ministry of Education's 2022 major profiles list this occupation among those the major prepares students for (职业面向). Example certificates: Civil Aviation Cabin Services; Civil Aviation Security Screening; Civil Aviation Passenger Ground Services.
National qualification: National professional qualification: Security Protection Services Personnel (civil aviation security screener). A national qualification that shows your level; it is not required to work. Listed in the national vocational qualifications catalogue (国家职业资格目录, 2021) as Security Protection Services Personnel (civil aviation security screener) (安全保护服务人员（民航安全检查员）), run by Civil Aviation Skills Assessment Bodies. Peernovo links it to this occupation.

Pay · AI and this job

Median pay in China: CN¥49,600 a year (2025).
Middle half: CN¥36,500 to CN¥67,400. One in ten earn less than CN¥29,000 and one in ten more than CN¥96,600.
This is the figure for the mid group Leasing and Business Services Workers, not for this job alone.
National figure: wage prices of enterprise employees from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) enterprise pay survey. The public sector and the self-employed are not covered.
Guangzhou only: median CN¥69,542 a year (2025), middle half CN¥62,013 to CN¥82,483.
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Who does this work

The census group Leasing and Business Services Workers holds 0.92% of everyone employed in China; 29.3% of its workers are women (2020 Census).
37.1% are under 35, 43.5% are 35 to 54 and 19.4% are 55 or older. The middle age band is 40 to 44.
Census figures for the whole mid group (2020 long-form sample), not for this job alone.

Questions people ask

How do I become a Security Screening Officer?

Ways in include: Higher vocational college (高职专科) major: Civil Aviation Safety Technology Management (500406); Secondary vocational school (中职) major: Aviation Services (700402).

How much does a Security Screening Officer earn in China?

Across China, the median pay of enterprise employees is CN¥49,600 a year (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), 2025). The public sector and the self-employed are not covered. It is the figure for the mid group Leasing and Business Services Workers. In Guangzhou alone it is CN¥69,542 a year (2025).

Will AI change the work of a Security Screening Officer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS): 2025 enterprise pay survey information: wage prices of enterprise employees by occupation mid group, and digital occupations (P10 to P90 annual CNY) (2025 (published 2026-07-08)), retrieved 5 October 2026
Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: Guangzhou 2025 labour market wage prices (P10 to P90 annual CNY by occupation) (2025 (enterprise pay survey)), retrieved 4 October 2026
National Bureau of Statistics of China: China Population Census Yearbook 2020, long-form tables 4-6 and 4-7 (employed by occupation mid group, sex, age) (2020 Census long form (10% sample)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Sources: Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition, public consultation draft), Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Bureau of Statistics; Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2025 enterprise pay survey information; Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2025 labour market wage prices; National Bureau of Statistics of China (www.stats.gov.cn), 2020 Population Census yearbook; Ministry of Education, vocational education major profiles (2022 revision) and undergraduate major catalogue (2025); Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, national vocational qualifications catalogue (2021); O*NET interest scores (CC BY 4.0); ILO global generative AI exposure index (CC BY 4.0). Figures processed by Peernovo. English text, translations and the matching of occupations to ISCO-08, majors, degree fields and qualifications by Peernovo.

Descriptions and tasks are Peernovo's own words, written from the facts in the Occupational Classification of the People's Republic of China (2022 edition). Job titles and work types are the classification's own.

Updated 5 October 2026