School Bus Drivers

Job Description

Job Description

We are seeking School Bus Drivers with a clean record to join our team! School Bus Drivers will be picking up kids from grades K through 12 to and from school Monday through Friday mainly within Kent, New Castle, and Sussex county. Drives any type and size of school bus that may be operated by the school district for the transportation of passengers on regularly scheduled routes.

Taking vehicle home daily may be an option. All driving expenses will be administered by the company.

• Operates assigned school buses on assigned trips in accordance with printed trip schedules and in accordance with specified stop, sequence, and time schedules.
• Boards, transports, and discharges passengers.
• May lift handicapped passengers and assist passengers into and out of bus as required by Transportation Services Department policy and procedure.
• May operate a mechanized wheelchair lift.
• Develops via-directions and maintains and updates current student and trip manifests.
• Monitors the operational condition and safety of vehicle accessories of assigned buses on a daily basis; monitors gauges and sensors while operating a bus and reports discrepancies to initiate corrective actions.
• Practices non-aggressive, defensive driving techniques.
• Monitors, conducts, and responds to communications with the Transportation Operations staff via two-radio.
• Maintains effective professional working relationships with pupils, parents, and district staff.
• Enforces district policy and procedure in maintaining discipline on buses.
• Renders first aide to passengers on an emergency basis.
• Maintains working knowledge of and complies with laws and regulations pertaining to pupil transportation.
• Maintains cleanliness of windows and interior of bus on a daily basis; may wash bus exterior.
• Ensures familiarity with assigned trips before transporting passengers; may dry-run new trips.
• Periodically participates in mandated meetings and in-service programs during traditional and non-traditional workdays and work hours as required by the department.
• Maintains and supports standards of personal conduct and discipline in accordance with the current discipline policy approved by the Board of Education.
• Performs other duties reasonably related to the job class.
• Applicants must operate all types and sizes of school buses safely and on a specific time schedule in varied and complex topographical, weather, urban traffic, and rural conditions.
• Applicants must be able to exit from the rear of the bus to assist in emergency evacuations.
• Communicate effectively and maintain cooperative relationships.
• Show personality and character traits suited to supervision and care of children of multiple ethnicities and cultural values, behavioral, and physical handicaps.
• Resolve conflict and maintain discipline of children on board buses.
• Read and interpret maps, compass directions, schedules, student rosters and procedural instructions.
• Rapidly learn routes and the operations of equipment related to duties.

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Minimum Qualifications:

• Possess current School Bus Driver's license, Commercial Driver's License (CDL) A or B with Passenger (P), School Bus (S), & Air Brake endorsement
• Have an annual physical examination
• Have no more than 5 points on the driver's record
• Have a negative TB test or satisfactory chest x-ray
• GED High School Diploma

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities 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 regularly required to use hand and /or fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk and sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Standard Requirements:

1. No conviction for Driving Under Influence of Alcohol or Drugs, or suspension, revocation, or license disqualification for moving violations, in the past five years.
2. Must not have ever been convicted of a Class A or Class B felony, or a felony based on causing death, a felony sexual offense, or a felony against public administration.
3. Must not have had any portion of the sentence for any other felony conviction extending into the last five years.
4. Must not have ever been convicted of any crime against a child.
5. Must not have ever been convicted of any drug-related crime.
6. Must pass a successful background check including Child Protection Registry.
7. Must pass a successful pre-employment drug screening.
8. Must have TB testing (initially) and school bus driver physical (initially and annually).

We look forward to hearing from you!

Universal Transportation Company

Company Description

Universal Transportation Company