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.

The most in-demand skills for this role include customs law, licences regulation, advise on customs regulations, manage import export licenses, prevent smuggling, check official documents. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives customs officer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.