Also called: Bug Sweeper, Counter-Surveillance Technician
Searches offices, cars, and hotel rooms for hidden listening devices, cameras, and trackers.
TSCM specialists carry cases of radio spectrum analyzers and thermal cameras into boardrooms and embassies, sweeping walls, outlets, and furniture for hidden bugs before sensitive meetings. They work for government agencies and private firms protecting executives.
Estimate; senior private consultants earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 3 years after high school. Electronics or military intelligence background plus specialized TSCM training.
Ways in: Military, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electronics Technology, Electrical Engineering, Criminal Justice.
Growing faster than average. Cheap spy gadgets are increasing demand.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps analyze radio spectrum readings; physically sweeping rooms and cars for bugs stays hands-on.
Classes: Physics, Electronics CTE class, Computer science.
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