Substitute Bus Drivers

Substitute Bus Driver

Pay rate: $21.93/hour Benefits eligible - after 60 days

Position: Substitute Bus Driver

Immediate supervisor: Transportation Supervisor

Essential functions:

• Ensure safety of students
• Transport students safely and efficiently to and from school and school related events
• Follow assigned bus routes and schedules
• Maintain required records and information
• Report any mechanical problems to the utility worker or supervisor
• Keep assigned vehicle neat and clean
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge and awareness of changes in driving laws as they apply to transporting school children
• Obey all traffic laws
• Observe all mandatory safety regulations for school buses
• Maintain pupil control and report any violations to the proper authorities
• Discharge students only at authorized bus stops
• Transport only authorized students
• Report all accidents and complete required reports
• Enforce applicable federal and state laws, and Board of Education policies
• Complete established pre-trip inspection of vehicle
• Report any hazardous conditions along the existing route to the transportation supervisor
• Attend bus driver meetings and be available in the event of an early dismissal
• Notify the transportation supervisor in case of illness in order to permit time to secure a substitute driver
• Conduct front door, rear door, and combination front and rear door emergency evacuation drills
• Prepare reports, route maps, schedules, pupil lists, and accident reports as required by the State of Ohio, the Ohio Department of Education, and the Board of Education
• Make contacts with public with tact and diplomacy
• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information, e.g. student identification information, student medication
• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
• Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude, conversation, and by the safe and professional operation of a school bus
• Attend meetings and in-services as required
• Fill out Incident Reports and "Code of Student Behavior" violations

Other duties and responsibilities:

• Warm up the engine gradually in cold weather
• Exercise responsible leadership when on out-of-district field trips
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Transportation Supervisor

Equipment operated:

• Bus
• Tire gauge
• Safety equipment on bus
• Fire extinguisher
• First aid kit
• Body fluid kit
• Various hand held items, e.g. tire iron, oil can, flares, broom, dustpan, flashlight, squeegee

Additional working conditions:

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
• Occasional operation of a bus or vehicle in inclement weather conditions
• Frequent interaction among unruly children
• Occasional evening/weekend/summer work
• Occasional requirement to lift and carry bus supplies
• Frequent requirement to climb, e.g. steps on a bus and to check bus fluids, through bus back emergency door, bumpers to adjust mirrors or clean windshield
• Frequent stooping, kneeling and crouching during inspections
• Frequent requirement to balance when adjusting side mirrors
• Frequent extensive sitting, up to 4 hours at a time
• Frequent exposure to high levels of noise, e.g. bus engines
• Frequent repetitive hand motion, e.g. opening bus door and turning the steering wheel
• Occasional requirement to lift students or push and pull wheelchair bound students
• Frequent exposure to various fumes, i.e. carbon monoxide and diesel fuel
• Frequent requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see (color vision required), read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, crouch, climb, balance, kneel and stoop
• Occasional requirement to restrain
• Occasional requirement to work overtime