Purpose Statement

The job of Bus Aide was established for the purpose/s of providing support within the student transportation services area with specific  responsibilities  for  ensuring students are safely, efficiently and timely transported over scheduled routes and/or  to/from  special  excursions;  and ensuring safety of students during transport, loading and unloading from buses.

 

This job reports to Assistant Director of Transportation.

 

 

Essential Functions

 

Other Functions

 

 

Job Requirements:  Minimum Qualifications

 

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

 

SKILLS

 

 

KNOWLEDGE

 

ABILITY

 

RESPONSIBILITY

Responsibilities include: working under limited supervision following standardized practices and/or methods; providing information and/or advising others; and operating within a defined budget. There is a continual opportunity to impact the organization’s services.

 

Physical Demands

 

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to significant lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing; frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; significant fine finger dexterity, and sense of smell.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds.  The employee is required to move about a moving vehicle to meet the needs of the students requiring the ability to balance and coordinate movements. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus; and significant fine finger dexterity.  Generally the job requires 75% sitting, 15% walking, 5% standing and 5% crouching/kneeling.  

 

Working Environment

 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration.  The employee is exposed to outside weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

 

Experience      Job related experience is desired.

Education        High School Diploma or equivalent.

Equivalency     None Specified

Required Testing                                             Certificates & Licenses

Pre-employment Physical Exam                         First Aide/CPR

                                                                                   

Continuing Educ. / Training                             Clearances

District Required Behavior Management             Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance

Attend All Required In Service Training               DFS

CPR/First Aide

 

FLSA Status                                                    Approval Date                                      Salary Grade

Non Exempt