Bus Driver

Position Information

• Position Type: TRANSPORTATION/ School Bus Driver
• Date Posted: 6/13/2024
• Location:
  
  Clewiston Transportation
• Closing Date: OPEN

SCHOOL BUS DRIVER

• Possess a valid Commercial Driver’s license with the proper passenger endorsement and schoolbus endorsement
• Attained a minimum of five years licensed driving experience
• Successful completion of state approved training course for school bus drivers
• Demonstrates aptitude for supervising children
• Demonstrates the ability to prepare required written reports

Route Coordinator / Manager

To provide safe and efficient transportation to enable students to realize the benefits of the district’s curriculum and extra-curricular programs.

• Obeys all traffic laws.
• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses.
• Maintains discipline when students are on the bus.
• Reports undisciplined students to the proper authority.
• Keeps assigned bus clean.
• Adheres to assigned schedule.
• Performs proper pre-trip inspection as prescribed prior to each operation.
• Notifies the proper authority in case of mechanical failure or lateness.
• To allow students to load or unload the bus only at authorized stops.
• Exercises responsible leadership on all extra-curricular trips.
• Transports only authorized persons.
• Reports all accidents and completes required reports.
• Enforces regulations against smoking and eating on the bus.
• Attends all required safety and training sessions.
• Prepares and submits in a timely manner all required reports, including Driver’s Monthly Report, Weekly Pre-trip Inspection Roster, F.T.E. surveys, extra-curricular trip reports, etc.
• Complies with all requirements of the Transportation Department directives, School Board policies, and State Board of Education rules.
• Operates the bus side-lift for loading and unloading students in wheelchairs. Secures the wheelchairs into place on the bus when applicable.
• Performs other related duties as required (
  
  NOTE:
  
  the omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)
• Assumes the responsibility to report for evacuation shelter support in the event of an emergency and any other duties assigned during an emergency evacuation.

Medium Work:
Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force as needed to move objects. In an emergency, worker may be required to restrain a physically active individual as a temporary safety precaution.

Salary and work year to be established by the Board.

Performance of this job will be evaluated by the Route Coordinator / Manager under the direction of the Area Assistant Superintendent.