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Candidates for any of these positions must meet certain stringent requirements, since national security is at stake:

	Must be a minimum of 24 years of Age
	U.S. citizen
	High school graduate or GED
	Willingness to make a one-year commitment
	Meet certain medical and physical fitness requirements

Cleared American Guards (CAGs)

CAGs provide physical security at Department of State construction sites. They provide perimeter and internal access control, control of security storage areas, and personnel or material escort within the construction site.

In addition to the general requirements, CAGs must:

	Possess three or more years of security military or civilian security experience
	Possess an operational knowledge of technical security systems (alarms, metal detectors, etc.)
	Be familiar with Department of State construction security procedures

Construction Surveillance Technicians (CSTs)

CSTs are responsible for monitoring uncleared construction personnel to insure that no clandestine electronic eavesdropping equipment is installed in the building during construction. CSTs must possess specific knowledge and skills, and must have at least five years of experience in one of the following areas:

	Construction security surveillance
	Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM, etc.)
	Industrial or government security involving counterintelligence
	Construction quality assurance
	Hands-on supervisory construction experience
	Electronic technical instruction/repair
	Professional building trades (carpenter, electrician, mechanical, etc.)
	Military construction (Seabees, etc.)
	Special Operations (Special Forces, SEALs, Force Recon, MSGs, etc.)
	Military intelligence COMSEC experience

Additionally, CAGs require:

Three or more years of experience in the military with honorable discharge, and or three or more years of experience in civilian security.

Those employed as CSTs may be required to possess experience in one or more of the following categories:

	5 years in the professional building trades
	5 years in military counter intelligence
	Military construction (Seabees, engineers, etc.)
	Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM, etc.)
	Special Operations (Special Forces, SEALSs, Force Recon, MSGs, etc.)