Essential Duties:

• Drive a school bus along a designated route; pick up and discharge students in accordance with time schedules.

• Observe legal and defensive driving practices.

• Assure compliance with applicable traffic and student transportation laws, codes and regulations.

• Maintain order and discipline among passengers on the bus and while waiting at bus stops in accordance with policies related to disciplining students.

• Prepare discipline-related reports as necessary.

• Determine appropriate action in emergency situations according to established guidelines.

• Administer first aid to passengers as needed.

• Conduct required daily safety inspections of buses.

• Insect the interior, exterior and engine on buses to assure safe operational condition.

• Report mechanical malfunctions or other problems as required.

• Add fuel, oil and other fluids as needed.

• Prepare and maintain inspection and driving records.

• Maintain buses in a clean and safe operating condition; wash, sweep and clean buses; refuel, service and prepare vehicle for operation.

• Transport students, faculty and parents on field trips, sporting events, camps, competitions or other events as assigned.

• Meet scheduled departure and arrival times as assigned.

• Prepare and maintain driving logs and reports as required.

• Control traffic during loading and unloading of students.

• Utilize two-way radios for bus-to-bus and bus-to-base communications.

• Attend safety and/or other training meetings and programs as required.

• Assist in the development of routes as assigned.

• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Abilities:

• Knowledge of safe and defensive driving practices, proper operations of school buses and applicable traffic and student transportation laws, codes and regulations.

• Knowledge of basic First Aid procedures, along with health and safety regulations.

• Knowledge of basic record-keeping techniques.

• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.

• Ability to drive a school bus safely and efficiently, while observing legal and defensive driving practices.

• Ability to maintain a safe discipline level among passengers; apply policies and procedures related to student discipline on buses.

• Ability to maintain bus in clean and proper working condition by conducting safety inspections and performing routine preventive maintenance.

• Ability to perform First Aid & CPR.

• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions and communicate effectively with others, including using a two-way radio.

• Ability to maintain routine records and meet schedules and timelines.

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting for extended periods of time while operating buses.

• Hearing and speaking to exchange information.

• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate transportation equipment.

• Reaching overhead, above shoulders and horizontally.

• Lifting moderately heavy children or objects.

• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling heavy object, specifically:

  • Employee lifts/carries 60 pounds occasionally, 40 pounds frequently, and 15 pounds constantly.

  • Employee’s position requires pushing/pulling a maximum force of 100 pounds on objects.

• Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching to inspect and wash buses.

• Seeing to monitor passengers and operate a vehicle.