Originally Posted by Bart
Here are the qualifications for a typical employee position with McDonald's. Make the comparison:
Gladly.
Qualification Requirements:
Required to work less than 35 hours per week for part-time & 35+ hours per week for full-time classification. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty to an acceptable level. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
This is the MO for any job, and I don't think the TSA is any different here.
Language Skills:
Effectively present information to customers, employees & management. Ability to comprehend & carry out oral & written instructions. Ability to properly respond to common inquiries or complaints from employees, customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community. Able to speak, read & write the English language.
I think McDonald's has TSA beat here by a long shot.
Mathematical Skills:
Ability to work with & apply mathematical concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, percentages, & proportions to practical situation. Ability to count money & make change accurately.
Emphasis added is mine. Basic math probably isn't used a whole lot, but a the same time, comparison operations and KNOWING HOW MUCH 1" IS should be a requirement. Tie.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to solve practical problems & deal with a variety of situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
I think McDonald's has TSA beat here.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands & fingers, handle or feel objects, use tools, controls & equipment, reach with hands & arms, talk & hear. The employee will frequently climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste & smell. The employee is required to carry trash containers & to tolerate cleaning products. The employee is required clean the location, parking lot & surrounding area. The employee must regularly lift &/or move up to 10 pounds & occasionally lift &/or move up to 60 pounds & be able to stand physical demands of a 4 to 12 hour shift. Specific vision abilities required by this job are close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception & ability to adjust focus.
Same requirements as TSA. Tie.
and we haven't even addressed successfully passing the TSA assessment tests and certification tests (x-ray imagery proficiency test, basic screening skills evaluations, etc.)
And again, you yourself said you'd have to be pretty dumb to flunk these. You said the screening tests were painfully obvious as to what was a gun, etc. While you may sit in class for awhile and have some OJT, you said that this isn't a difficult job.
Sorry, your McDonald's comparison....doesn't
On the contrary. You actually proved my point. McDonald's has stricter standards.