Bus Driver - Part time,Non-Benefited Job Buena Park area,California USA,Transportation

Bus Drivers

Our Senior Center is looking for kind, patient, understanding, courteous, and outgoing individuals who love working with senior citizens. We need individuals who want to enhance the quality of life of our seniors. Be part of our team that helps our greatest generations enjoy the best years of their lives with dignity, respect, and of course FUN!

Bus Drivers operate a 16-passenger bus or van to transport senior citizens to various senior center functions, medical appointments and other destinations. This part-time position works approximately 20 hours per week and requires a flexible schedule that may require morning, evening, and weekend work assignments.

GENERAL PURPOSE

Under general supervision, operates a 16 passenger bus or van to transport senior citizens to various senior center functions, medical appointments and other destinations; performs basic bus safety inspections daily; assists passengers on and off assigned vehicles; assures the safety of passengers while riding in assigned vehicles; and does related work as required.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

This is a part-time, non-benefited, position. This position requires the availability to work a flexible schedule that may require morning, evening, and weekend work assignments.

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. 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 this class.

Uses a telephone to contact senior citizens regarding their attendance at a Community Services facility.

Drives a City van/vehicle to the homes of senior citizens and transports them via streets or freeways to a community center, shopping/market facility or a special trip destination.

Interacts and communicates with senior citizens.

Fills Community Services van/vehicles with fuel.

Notifies Driver/Scheduler regarding vehicle service needs/problems, vehicle defects and discontinues vehicle operation when unsafe.

Physically assists senior citizens getting into and out of a City van/vehicle.

Completes forms regarding transportation assistance details.

May assist in answering the telephone and provides basic information to callers and takes and relays messages.

Operates a personal computer and uses applicable software.

Lifts and carries food items, community center supplies and other items weighing 40 pounds or less.

Plans efficient routes and maintains daily route schedules.

Reviews applications for new shuttle clients.

Calls no show passengers and enforces no show policy.

Loads and unloads wheelchair passenger(s) using a lift gate.

Properly secures wheelchairs and other accessories in the vehicle.

Compiles and prepares daily and weekly, activity and accident reports, and other trip statistics such as mileage, fees collected and number of daily passengers served.

Receives and dispatches information (as needed) via cellular phone while vehicle is stopped and safely parked.

Conducts daily vehicle inspections.

Knowledge of:

Safety principles and practices applicable to bus operations including the California Vehicle Code, state traffic regulations and pertinent municipal codes; bus safety and maintenance inspection practices; effective customer service techniques.

Ability to:

Safely operate a passenger bus effectively, safely and according to City and state traffic regulations; keep records and submit reports; communicate effectively and cooperatively with customers; inspect bus for safe operation; identify and report equipment malfunctions and safety hazards; communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, management, departmental representatives, and the general public.

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this class, employees assists senior citizens getting into and out of a City van/vehicle; employees are frequently required to stand and walk on slippery and uneven surfaces, sit, twist, climb stairs and inclines, reach, bend, grasp, lift, push, pull, drag and carry food and/or supplies and other items weighing 40 pounds or less; operate a computer, keyboard and…

Bus Driver - Part time, Non-Benefited