Bus Driver

Florence School District 1 Florence School District 1 Transportation
- Florence, South Carolina Open in Google Maps

Florence School District 1 Florence School District 1 Transportation
- Florence, South Carolina Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in CERRA-SC , and Florence 1 Schools

Job : 4877174

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Re-Posted: May 05, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Title

Bus Driver

Salary Scale

TR30

Location

Florence 1 Schools

PSC Code

990008

Reports To

Director of Transportation or Asst Director

Shift Type

Full Time/Exempt

General Statement of Job

Under general supervision, drives a school bus to safely transport assigned public school students to and from school in a timely manner.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Drives school buses to safely transport assigned public school students to and from school and field trip destinations in a timely manner, following all applicable laws, policies and regulations.
• Conducts safety inspections of the bus before starting the engine.
• Ensures safety of children by securing wheelchairs, enforcing bus rules, etc.
• Makes student seat assignments and maintains student manifest; assists with determining bus routes and completing maps.
• Completes and submits daily mileage and student attendance records.
• Reports to the county or school office of late arrival of a bus.
• Maintains order, control, and plans for emergency situations or evacuations.
• Maintains the cleanliness of assigned bus and submits maintenance requests as needed.
• May perform clerical duties such as answering the phone, filing, sending faxes, making appointments for physicals, informing activity of buses to the highway department, assign routes and drivers, hand out keys and log books.
• May train other bus drivers, provide orientation sessions, prepare and submit training verification reports, and issue permits.
• May monitor finances including but not limited to billing, submitting bill records to schools and the finance department.
• Monitors student behavior and completes and submits disciplinary forms as appropriate. Follows through with telephone calls, parent conferences, police reports and court appearances as necessary.
• Interacts and communicates with the immediate supervisor and department staff, District staff, students, parents, etc.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

• Performs related duties as required.

Essential Functions

Physical Requirements:

Must be physically able to operate a school bus. Must be able to exert up to ten pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting and driving most of the time. Must be able to lift and/or carry weights of up to fifty pounds.

Data Conception :

Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communications:

Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving directions to students and receiving assignments and/or directions from the supervisor.

Language Ability:

Requires the ability to read a variety of policy and procedures manuals, maps, driver handbooks, regulations, etc. Requires the ability to prepare various logs and reports accurately. Requires the ability to speak with and before others with clarity, voice control and confidence.

Intelligence:

Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form, and to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations. Requires the ability to make routine independent judgments in absence of supervision and to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation. Must have the ability to comprehend and interpret received information.

Verbal Aptitude:

Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow verbal and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently with persons of varying educational backgrounds.

Numerical Aptitude:

Requires the ability to add and subtract totals, to multiply and divide, and to determine time.

Form/Spatial Aptitude:

Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape, and visually read various information.

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