Bus Driver: CDL

Bus Driver – CDL

Work Schedule: School year with additional hours for trips if available and wanted.

Salary: $22.00 – $34.10 dependent upon experience. Classified salary schedule, paid training and Class B CDL licensing.

Summary: Drives bus safely and properly, transporting students over specified routes according to time schedule. Maintains discipline according to school procedures. Complies with traffic regulations.

Education and/or Experience: Satisfactory driving record as determined by the local Board of Education policy. Must pass a physical exam including a drug test.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must be able to obtain a CDL P2 S License. Must pass all required tests and examinations approved by the Colorado Department of Education and Colorado Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division. Must possess a Standard Red Cross First Aid Certificate. Requirement: Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with a Passenger "P" endorsement. Upon hiring, you will need to pass the "S" endorsement knowledge test and skills test in a school bus. Optional: We will reimburse for the "P" endorsement after 12 months of employment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drives a school bus on a prescribed route which will not be altered unless directed to do so by the Director of Transportation or Highway/Road Official.
• Operates buses according to CDE rules and regulations, federal laws, local laws, school policy and regulation.
• Performs and properly completes daily pre-trip inspections; reports any defects to proper authorities.
• Keeps the bus as clean as possible- inside and outside. Fuel bus when scheduled.
• Keep route map current and time as close as possible. Keeps the seating chart up to date. Keeps the current list of students who are eligible to ride the bus.
• Operates routes in as friendly a manner as possible. Keep scheduled route times as close as possible.
• Maintains communication with riders and parents. Communicate in person and on a two-way radio for routine, urgent and emergency situations.
• Report all unsafe route and bus stop conditions to the scheduler/dispatcher. Use proper procedures when working with special education and wheel chair students.
• Aid in the loading and unloading process of students needing assistance in boarding as well as those with special needs, via stairs or lift mechanisms. Ensure that all seatbelts, safety vests and other required restraint devices are used properly.
• Protect all student confidential information. Attend all meetings and training sessions including all in services and driver meetings, first aid and CPR classes that are required by the district. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervises students while transporting them.

Qualification Requirements:

• Ability to read and comprehend required tests and manuals.
• Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with children and other district employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to work in a friendly manner with co-workers and students. Ability to read and understand maps. Ability to pass required tests and training programs. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk more than the average person while performing the duties of this job. The employee frequently repeats the same hand, arm or finger motions many times. The employee frequently uses the hand strength to grasp tools. Continuously driving on the job. The employee may occasionally have to lift and/or move up to 75 pounds such as as a student. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees and occasionally will walk on slippery surfaces. The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints and interact with the public and other workers. The employee has direct responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of others. The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud to where you have to raise your voice to be heard.

Benefits include: PERA retirement, paid time off, short and long term disability, other optional benefit elections. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week as defined by their position are also eligible for the district's health insurance.