Bus Driver

Position Type:
Support Staff/Bus Driver
Date Posted:
1/14/2024
Location:
Greater Jasper Consolidated SchoolsPosition: Corporation Bus Driver
Position Summary
Bus drivers are responsible for operating a school bus and transporting school-aged children and other authorized personnelsafelyandefficientlyoverspecifiedroutestoandfromschoolsandvariousactivities. Positionconducts pre-trip inspections; observes safety regulations and policies; enforces student discipline on the bus; and performs related work.
Essential Duties

• Communicates with the Transportation Director for any changes in normal duties or new student passengers, including communicating orally while the bus is in motion when needed.
• Ensures the bus can be operated safely before driving and conducts pre-trip safety inspections as required by federal and state laws to include observing visual defects and checking operating systems to include brakes, horn, lights, emergency flashers, extended stop arms, and door-opening devices.
• Operates the vehicle safely over an assigned route, picking up and delivering only authorized students at assigned bus stops, and watches to ensure that no one hurrying for the bus is left behind.
• Keeps assigned time schedules, which may require driving during pre-day light and dusk periods, and makes every effort to be on time while ensuring safety.
• Obeys all traffic laws and transportation practices as outlined in the CDL manual, School Board Policy and local ordinances.
• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses and keeps all emergency exits clear of obstructions.
• Secures wheelchairs, car seats, and other restraining devices on the bus as needed.
• Maintains student discipline on the bus and enforces rules governing student conduct, including through oral communication when the bus is in motion.
• Reports undisciplined students to the proper authority and compiles written reports as requested.
• Conducts semi-annual bus evacuation drills as required by the Department of Education and implements evacuations as required in an emergency to include safely exiting from the rear of the school bus.
• Reports all accidents immediately, requesting police or ambulance service as needed; assists injured persons until services arrive; and completes required accident reports.
• Notifies the proper authority in cases of mechanical failure, safety deficiencies, when off schedule, or other incidents.
• Regulates heating, cooling, and ventilating equipment provided on the bus for the comfort of passengers.
• Drives students and teachers on field trips, extracurricular activities, and other special events, often in evenings and at night, as assigned.
• Exercises responsible leadership and appropriate behavior when on out-of-division school trips.
• Returns the bus to the assigned bus lot, performs a final inspection, and secures the bus according to procedures.
• Participates in all required training.
• Submits to drug and alcohol testing when required.
• Maintains a commercial driver's license as required by the State Department of Transportation and maintains a current Indiana Yellow Card.
• Hear and communicate orally when the bus is in motion. Communicate orally on a two-way radio with transportation dispatch and emergency services while the bus is in motion. Communicate effectively and positively with parents, students, staff and co-workers.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.
• Any other instructions and duties as assigned by the Transportation Director or other appropriate administrator.

Other Duties

• Keeps the assigned bus clean.
• Maintains an assigned seating chart.
• Reports all safety violations to include co-workers/personnel suspected of drinking alcohol or under the influence of drugs (to include over-the-counter drugs) while working.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by the Transportation Director or other appropriate administrator

Qualifications

• Obtain PPC/Title 20 Physical and CDL
• Pass school Bus Driver physical performanc standards and measures
• Complete 3-Day Pre-Certification Bus Training Session
• Complete 4 hours of bus observation of a certified driver and 8 hours behind the wheel supervised by a certified driver.
• Pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol test.
• Apply for, hold and maintain a valid Indiana Yellow Card.

Job Classification
Non-Exempt