Bus Driver

School Bus Driver

Qualifications:

• High school graduate preferred
• 18 years old to obtain a SC bus certificate
• Must possess a valid SC Driver's License for a minimum of 1 year
• No more than 4 points accumulated on a current SC Driver's License
• Successful completion of the written and driving portions of the SC school bus training course and CDL program
• Training and certification are provided free of charge
• Available for regular work schedule
• No Driving Under the Influence convictions within last 10 years
• Must pass pre-employment screen

Reports To: Director of Transportation

Job Goal: To transport students to and from school and school events in a safe and efficient manner.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Obeys all traffic laws
• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses
• Transport students/passengers to and from school and events
• Supervise and assist passengers (including disabled) on and off the bus
• Perform pre-trip inspections daily
• Discharge passengers at authorized stops only
• Maintain rules governing passenger conduct on bus
• Collect and submit personal items left on bus to bus office
• Complete and maintain accurate and timely records and reports ( i.e. time sheets, mechanical reports, route descriptions, seating charts, etc.)
• Attend scheduled in-service training
• Adhere to regular service schedule for bus
• Clean bus (i.e. sweeping, washing front and back windows, etc.)
• Maintain positive communication with school personnel, parents, and students
• Dress appropriate
• Works with others consistently in a cooperative and respectful manner
• Exercises responsible leadership when on out-of-district school trips
• Perform other duties as assigned

Other Information: Nine (9) Months on the Bus Driver Salary Schedule, Starting Salary- $17.72 per hour

Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

Physical Requirements: Requires work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 50 pounds of force on a recurring basis.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or compositional characteristics (whether like or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving assignments and/or directions from supervisor.

Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of documents. Must be able to speak with poise, voice control and confidence and to articulate information to others.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in oral, written or diagrammatic form; to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Must have the ability to comprehend and interpret received information and the ability to comprehend and implement basic machinery functions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently with persons of varying educational and cultural backgrounds.

Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to add and subtract totals, to multiply and divide, to determine percentages and decimals, to determine time. Must be able to use practical applications of fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion.

Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape, and visually read various information.

Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using automated office equipment and communications machinery.

Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items including computer keyboards, office equipment, control knobs, switches, etc. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.

Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under moderate stress when confronted with an emergency or tight deadline. The worker is subject to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.

Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to hear and understand communications through a telephone.