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
- 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
- Follows 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
- Other duties as assigned
- General knowledge of routine maintenance requirements of buses
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision once the job and route are learned
- Ability to follow written and oral instructions
- Good people skills and the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with school officials, administrators, supervisors, school employees, parents, and students
- Ability to read, write and maintain records
- Ability to perform simple calculations
- Must be at least 18 years of age with at least six (6) months of driving experience with a valid operator’s license
- Must possess a valid driver’s license
- Must have or be willing to obtain the required commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with “P” and “S” endorsements
- Must have no STOP entry appearing on the driving record
- Must successfully complete the classroom and road training course, if not licensed
- Must possess the ability to work independently with minimum supervision once the job and route are learned
- Willing to clean the bus after students/passengers daily
- Must have and maintain a good driving record
- Must be safety conscious
- Duties and Responsibilities – School Bus Monitor (post-accident)
- Assists students in boarding and leaving the bus safely
- Makes sure students are in their seats when the bus is in motion
- Assists in any medical or behavioral situation to ensure students are safely transported to and from school
- Maintains discipline when students are on the bus
- Safely monitors 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
- Learns and assists with bus routes
- Follows and enforces all local, state, and federal laws as they apply to buses, including but not limited to accidents
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
