Bus Driver **Ongoing**
Dare County Schools, Manteo, NC, United States
School Bus Driver
Under general supervision, operates a school bus on assigned route(s) and schedule to provide safe and efficient transportation so that students may enjoy the fullest possible advantage from the programs and offerings of the school system. Work involves performing pre-and post-trip inspections of the bus; operating a bus; obeying all traffic laws and school bus regulations while operating the bus; observing all safety regulations and standards for school buses; and maintaining discipline of students assigned to ride the bus. Employee is also responsible for completing all required reports and securing the assigned bus before leaving the vehicle at the conclusion of a run or route. Employee must exercise tact and courtesy in maintaining acceptable relations with parents/guardians of students transported and with school personnel. Reports to a Zone Transportation Supervisor for bus driving duties.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
Performs required pre-trip and post-trip inspections and document inspections as required by Transportation Department Operating Instructions for bus drivers.
Operates the assigned school bus on the route(s) and schedule provided by the Zone Transportation Supervisor.
Obeys all traffic laws and school bus regulations while operating the school bus.
Observes all safety regulations and standards for school buses.
Maintains discipline of students assigned to ride the school bus.
Keeps the school bus clean and free of papers, bottles, cans food wrappers and other items which may present a safety problem.
Reports all accidents as required by Transportation Operating Instructions and remains at the scene of the accident until released by the on-scene transportation supervisor.
Completes personal time card and required reports, including reports required in the event of an accident or incident aboard the school bus.
Secures the assigned bus before leaving the vehicle at the conclusion of a run or route.
Maintains acceptable relationships with parents/guardians of students transported and with school personnel.
Minimum training and experience includes graduation from high school and some experience driving large vehicles with some experience in transporting humans preferred; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities.
Special requirements include:
Must possess and maintain a valid North Carolina Class A or Class B Commercial Driver's License with school bus certification.
Minimum qualifications or standards required to perform essential job functions include:
Physical requirements: Must be physically able to operate a school bus.
Data conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people or things.
Interpersonal communication: Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information in an effective manner.
Language ability: Requires the ability to read correspondence, reports, instructions, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, etc., using proper format. Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control and confidence.
Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
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 in standard English.
Numerical aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract totals.
Form/spatial aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
Motor coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in operating a school bus.
Manual dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items, school bus equipment, control knobs, switches, etc. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
Color discrimination: Requires the ability to recognize the colors of traffic signals and devices showing standard red, green, and amber.
Interpersonal temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with persons acting under stress.
Physical communication: Requires the ability to talk and/or hear: (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing - perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Requires sufficient hearing ability to distinguish warning sounds made by horns, screeching tires, sirens, grade-crossing alarms or train whistles. Hearing a forced whispered voice in the better ear at a distance of five feet is considered adequate hearing.
Knowledge, skills and abilities include:
Considerable knowledge of safe and efficient practices and procedures used in the operation of a school bus.
Considerable knowledge of traffic laws and school bus regulations.
Considerable knowledge of safety regulations and standards for school buses. General knowledge of Transportation Department Operating Instructions.
Ability to physically inspect the bus according to Transportation Department Operating Instructions.
Ability to detect and report observable mechanical defects or failures on the school bus.
Ability to maintain discipline of students assigned to ride the school bus. Ability to maintain a clean school bus.
Ability to complete required reports.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in applying standards to a variety of work situations.
Ability to exercise tact and courtesy in contact with parents/guardians or students and with school personnel.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
Disclaimer: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.
Under general supervision, operates a school bus on assigned route(s) and schedule to provide safe and efficient transportation so that students may enjoy the fullest possible advantage from the programs and offerings of the school system. Work involves performing pre-and post-trip inspections of the bus; operating a bus; obeying all traffic laws and school bus regulations while operating the bus; observing all safety regulations and standards for school buses; and maintaining discipline of students assigned to ride the bus. Employee is also responsible for completing all required reports and securing the assigned bus before leaving the vehicle at the conclusion of a run or route. Employee must exercise tact and courtesy in maintaining acceptable relations with parents/guardians of students transported and with school personnel. Reports to a Zone Transportation Supervisor for bus driving duties.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
Performs required pre-trip and post-trip inspections and document inspections as required by Transportation Department Operating Instructions for bus drivers.
Operates the assigned school bus on the route(s) and schedule provided by the Zone Transportation Supervisor.
Obeys all traffic laws and school bus regulations while operating the school bus.
Observes all safety regulations and standards for school buses.
Maintains discipline of students assigned to ride the school bus.
Keeps the school bus clean and free of papers, bottles, cans food wrappers and other items which may present a safety problem.
Reports all accidents as required by Transportation Operating Instructions and remains at the scene of the accident until released by the on-scene transportation supervisor.
Completes personal time card and required reports, including reports required in the event of an accident or incident aboard the school bus.
Secures the assigned bus before leaving the vehicle at the conclusion of a run or route.
Maintains acceptable relationships with parents/guardians of students transported and with school personnel.
Minimum training and experience includes graduation from high school and some experience driving large vehicles with some experience in transporting humans preferred; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities.
Special requirements include:
Must possess and maintain a valid North Carolina Class A or Class B Commercial Driver's License with school bus certification.
Minimum qualifications or standards required to perform essential job functions include:
Physical requirements: Must be physically able to operate a school bus.
Data conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people or things.
Interpersonal communication: Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information in an effective manner.
Language ability: Requires the ability to read correspondence, reports, instructions, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, etc., using proper format. Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control and confidence.
Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
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 in standard English.
Numerical aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract totals.
Form/spatial aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
Motor coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in operating a school bus.
Manual dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items, school bus equipment, control knobs, switches, etc. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
Color discrimination: Requires the ability to recognize the colors of traffic signals and devices showing standard red, green, and amber.
Interpersonal temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with persons acting under stress.
Physical communication: Requires the ability to talk and/or hear: (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing - perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Requires sufficient hearing ability to distinguish warning sounds made by horns, screeching tires, sirens, grade-crossing alarms or train whistles. Hearing a forced whispered voice in the better ear at a distance of five feet is considered adequate hearing.
Knowledge, skills and abilities include:
Considerable knowledge of safe and efficient practices and procedures used in the operation of a school bus.
Considerable knowledge of traffic laws and school bus regulations.
Considerable knowledge of safety regulations and standards for school buses. General knowledge of Transportation Department Operating Instructions.
Ability to physically inspect the bus according to Transportation Department Operating Instructions.
Ability to detect and report observable mechanical defects or failures on the school bus.
Ability to maintain discipline of students assigned to ride the school bus. Ability to maintain a clean school bus.
Ability to complete required reports.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in applying standards to a variety of work situations.
Ability to exercise tact and courtesy in contact with parents/guardians or students and with school personnel.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
Disclaimer: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.