3.1 KiB
3.1 KiB
name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| customs-officer | Occupational skill for the role 'customs officer' (also: customs and excise officer, border guard, customs & excise officer, governmental customs agent, detection officer, customs inspector). Use when the user asks for typical customs officer work such as: Examine immigration applications, visas, and passports and interview persons to determine eligibility for admission, residence, and travel in the U.S.; Detain persons found to be in violation of customs or immigration laws and arrange for legal action, such as deportation.; Locate and seize contraband, undeclared merchandise, and vehicles, aircraft, or boats that contain such merchandise. |
Customs Officer
Customs officers combat the importation of illegal goods, firearms, drugs or other dangerous or illegal items while checking the legality of items brought across national borders. They are government officials who control the documents to ensure entry criteria and custom laws are complied with and control if the custom taxes are paid correctly.
Core workflow
- Examine immigration applications, visas, and passports and interview persons to determine eligibility for admission, residence, and travel in the U.S.
- Detain persons found to be in violation of customs or immigration laws and arrange for legal action, such as deportation.
- Locate and seize contraband, undeclared merchandise, and vehicles, aircraft, or boats that contain such merchandise.
- Interpret and explain laws and regulations to travelers, prospective immigrants, shippers, and manufacturers.
- Inspect cargo, baggage, and personal articles entering or leaving U.S. for compliance with revenue laws and U.S. customs regulations.
- Record and report job-related activities, findings, transactions, violations, discrepancies, and decisions.
- Institute civil and criminal prosecutions and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of those in violation of immigration or customs laws.
- Testify regarding decisions at immigration appeals or in federal court.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- advise on customs regulations
- advise on licencing procedures
- check official documents
- customs law
- keep up-to-date to current customs regulations
- licences regulation
- manage import export licenses
- prevent smuggling
Hot technologies
- IBM WebSphere MQ
- Microsoft Outlook
- SAP software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5f16819d-50b9-475b-a2d8-607ee6d99a9d), ONET 30.3 (33-3051.04). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*