*Note - this is an hourly position

 

Purpose Statement
The job of Bus Driver 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;  operating vehicle in a safe manner, vehicle is in safe operating condition; and ensuring safety of students during transport, loading and unloading from buses.
This job reports to the Assistant Director of Transportation.
 
Essential Functions 

Other Functions

Job Requirements: Minimum Qualifications

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.  Utilization of some resources from other work units may be required to perform the job's functions. There is a continual opportunity to significantly 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.  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 85% sitting, 10% walking, and 5% standing.  

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 required.
 
Education: High School diploma or equivalent.
 
Equivalency: None Specified


Required Testing
Pre-employment Physical Exam
Pre-employment Drug Screening
Entry into District Drug/Alcohol Testing Program

Continuing Educ. / Training
Yearly Physical
Subject to random drug and alcohol testing
Minimum Eight hours of Training for Bus Drivers per year
Annual District behavior management
Annual defensive driving program

Certificates & Licenses
Commercial Driver’s License Class B with endorsement for
Passenger Vehicles, School Bus endorsement and Air Brake
CPR/First Aide

Clearances
Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance
DFS
Motor vehicle Record Review