The employee will perform work as a bus driver, safely transporting students from home to school to home, on field trips, and performing a variety of clerical duties associated with Transportation operations.
Requirements
- Safely transports students to and from home and on field trips
- Performs student counts and gathers information concerning students and routes as required by the School and Transportation Department
- Obeys all traffic laws
- Observes all safety regulations for school buses
- Maintains student discipline, as outlined in Bus Driver Handbook
- Reports disciplinary matters to the proper authority
- Keeps assigned bus clean
- Maintains assigned schedule
- Checks bus prior to operation for mechanical problems/concerns
- Notifies the proper authority in case of mechanical failure or schedule delay/lateness
- Reports all accidents, driving hazards, and other related incidents
- Adheres to Bus Driver Agreement
- Must follow Bus Driver’s Handbook
- Must comply with all NC rules and regulations governing the safe operation of a school bus/ passenger vehicle
- Must comply with all Gaston County Schools’ rules and regulations governing the safe operation of a school bus
- Must inspect the bus for occupants at the conclusion of each run
- Expected to serve as a Bus Monitor post-accident