Motor Vehicle Operator

Motor Vehicle Operator

The duties of the Motor Vehicle Operator include but are not limited to:

• Maintain a commercial type driver's license that allows transporting passengers on buses and driving vehicles weighing over 26,000 lbs. gross.
• Conduct operator checks and maintenance of all types of vehicles (i.e. safety equipment, fluid levels, tire pressures, belts and hoses, etc.)
• Maintain vehicle records and maintenance of vehicles.
• Determine the best and safest routes to follow and be alert to road conditions, hazards, making adjustments to abide by all laws, weight, heights, and clearances.
• Operate various motor vehicles including sedans, trucks, buses and lay down type patient vehicles.
• Operate vehicle with gross weight of more than 26,000lbs equipped with air-type brakes.
• Operate tractors with accessory equipment and is knowledgeable of power take-off style equipment and its safe uses.
• Make scheduled trips on a regular and recurring basis carrying patients, materials, and equipment.
• Working knowledge of lay down patient vehicle and the operation of all related equipment.
• Remove snow and ice from VA grounds using all types of equipment as needed.
• Operates dump trucks with hydraulic equipment such as platform lifts.
• Must be capable of driving in heavy traffic using driving skills to maintain safe yet timely transportation of patients, materials and equipment.
• Makes independent decisions as to safe operating condition and needs for emergent repairs.
• Capable of moderate physical effort is required in the handling of objects. Physical effort is used in reaching, bending, turning, in operating the vehicle.
• Able to work outside and at time exposed to bad weather in loading and unloading vehicles.

The Motor Vehicle Operator must possess and maintain a current CDL license is required for Class B, with P endorsement (authority to drive passenger buses)