• Safely operates all types of school buses; maintains a regular schedule for picking up authorized staff and students and delivering them to school-sponsored activities according to schedule.

• Makes daily safety inspection of vehicle and equipment; ensures that vehicle is regularly maintained and keeps the vehicle clean, properly heated and ventilated.

• Advises the pupils and/or sponsors of the location of the required emergency equipment and exits prior to the beginning of any field trip.

• Assists students on to or out of the vehicle; enforces safety and conduct regulations.

• Maintains records and prepares required reports.

• Makes reports to school officials concerning student disciplinary actions, incidents or injuries.

• Participates, successfully passes, and maintains all training required by state and federal law, and by School Board policies, regulations and procedures.

• Provides basic first aid and/or prescribed health care as necessary for students.  

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Budgetary Responsibility: 

N/A

Report Preparation:  

Completes and submits monthly and weekly reports that include, but are not limited to, pre-trip inspection forms, mileage, Trip Tracker field trip sheet,  maintenance defect reports, student conduct referrals, vandalism and injury reports and other reports submitted periodically, or as needed.

Equipment Operation: 

Daily use and operation of a school bus and equipment for fueling the bus.

Contacts:  

Field Trip supervisor and area coordinators  regarding field trip assignments.  Police, fire or rescue personnel, school administrators, teachers, parents or other student transportation personnel–periodically regarding incidents, accidents or at the direction of the supervisor.

Work Direction:  

Advises the pupils and/or sponsors on how to properly evacuate the bus in an emergency situation.

Supervision:  

N/A

Decision Making:  

Makes independent decisions as needed to transport students; makes decisions within the guidelines of the school division’s Code of Conduct related to inappropriate student behavior.

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:  

N/A

Physical Demands: 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; reach with hands and arms, stand, walk and smell.  The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 40 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. 

Work Environment: 

The employee regularly performs work in a moving vehicle and is exposed to outside weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud and the employee is exposed to environmental and health factors associated with transporting students and driving a large vehicle.

Qualifications:

Working knowledge of state and local school bus operation, laws and regulations; of exceptional education local policy and best practices and county geography.  Working knowledge of first aid procedures including CPR.  Demonstrated ability:  to operate a large vehicle safely and punctually in all weather conditions, using safe and defensive driving methods; to maintain bus discipline and relate well to children, parents and staff and to provide constant attention and assistance to a number of children at the same time, including children with special health conditions or disabilities; to perform physical tasks such as lifting children; to give and follow instructions, work well under stressful conditions or emergencies and maintain confidentiality.