Bus Drivers, School Or Special Client

Summary
Transport students or special clients, such as the elderly or persons with disabilities. Ensure adherence to safety rules. May assist passengers in boarding or exiting.
Duties

• Make minor repairs to vehicles.
• Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations, using telephones or mobile two-way radios.
• Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
• Prepare and submit reports that may include the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage, fuel consumption, or fares received.
• Maintain order among pupils during trips to ensure safety.
• Regulate heating, lighting, and ventilation systems for passenger comfort.
• Pick up and drop off students at regularly scheduled neighborhood locations, following strict time schedules.
• Escort small children across roads and highways.
• Report any bus malfunctions or needed repairs.
• Drive gasoline, diesel, or electrically powered multi-passenger vehicles to transport students between neighborhoods, schools, and school activities.
• Read maps and follow written and verbal geographic directions.
• Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner.
• Keep bus interiors clean for passengers.
• Maintain knowledge of first-aid procedures.
• Follow safety rules as students board and exit buses or cross streets near bus stops.

Requirements

• Maintain vehicles in good working condition.
• Assist customers to ensure comfort or safety.
• Read maps to determine routes.
• Follow safety procedures for vehicle operation.
• Receive information or instructions for performing work assignments.
• Notify others of emergencies, problems, or hazards.
• Drive passenger vehicles.
• Clean vehicles or vehicle components.
• CPR/First Aid
• Follow safety procedures for vehicle operation.
• Record operational details of travel.
• Inspect motor vehicles.
• Maintain professional knowledge or certifications.
• Drive passenger vehicles.
• Report vehicle or equipment malfunctions.

Nice To Haves

• Barcode scanners
• Web browser software
• Portable fire extinguishers
• Global positioning system GPS receivers
• Wheelchair restraint systems
• Microsoft Windows
• AOL MapQuest
• Bus warning lights
• Powered service doors
• Microsoft MapPoint
• Passenger buses
• Emergency first-aid kits
• Digital surveillance camera systems
• Tire pressure gauges
• Snow chains
• Emergency exit doors
• Radio frequency identification RFID devices
• On-board data input terminals
• Two way radios
• Cell phones
• Wheelchair lifts