Bus Drivers, School

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.

Job Task

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

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