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Bus Driver-8 hours

Bus Driver-8 hours

Salary: $26,504 - 40,115 (Commensurate with Experience) Grade: 3BF

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Primary Purpose

WILL TRAIN

This is bus operations work in operating a school bus to transport students to and from school. An employee in this class is responsible for providing safe transportation of students. Employees perform daily pre-trip inspection and safety checks, follow an assigned route and schedule, maintain vehicle cleanliness, and enforce safety rules. Workers follow specific instructions and procedures and refer nonstandard situations or problems to the proper authorities.

The employee performs related work as required.

• Know and effectively communicate the division philosophy and mission
• Ability to operate a school bus safely and efficiently
• Follow oral and written instructions
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, staff, parents, and students
• Obey all traffic laws and observe all mandatory safety regulations for school busses
• Enforce Northampton Code of Behavior
• Maintain discipline when students are on bus and report unacceptable student behavior to the proper authority
• Keep assigned bus clean
• Maintain schedule and discharge students only at authorized stops
• Inspect bus before each operation for mechanical defects
• Notify the proper authority in case of mechanical failure or lateness
• Exercise responsible leadership when on out-of-Division school trips
• Transport only authorized students
• Report all accidents and completes required reports
• Make required reports on assigned due date
• Meet all requirements of the State Board of Education, under the following conditions, to-wit:
• To comply with Motor Vehicles Laws and Regulations of the State Board of Education
• To operate the bus over the assigned route and make no change unless duly authorized
• To wear the driver’s safety belt system
• To use a substitute driver who is approved by the division superintendent
• To stop in the right-hand lane of the highway for receiving or discharging pupils at designated stops only at points where the bus can be seen for a safe distance from both directions. On divided highways stops shall be so arranged that pupils will be taken on and discharged on the side of such highways as will eliminate the necessity of their crossing the highway
• To exercise every possible care for the safety and comfort of the pupils en route and to permit no pupil to ride on the outside of the bus or with head, hands, or arms out of the windows
• To complete and record daily pre-trip inspections of the bus and report any needed repairs in writing
• To govern the speed of the bus according to limits established by law for school buses while transporting pupils (see item
• 2.2 on attached “Excerpts From Regulations of State Board of Education”)
• To come to a full stop on approaching a railroad crossing, to look and to listen carefully in order to positively determine when it is safe to cross the track. (see item
• 2.16 of “Excerpts from Regulations of State Board of Education Concerning Transportation of Pupils”)
• To maintain discipline and report all cases of disobedience to school principal
• In case of breakdown to place bi-directional reflective triangles on highway according to law, and to notify the school authorities (in accordance with the policy of the local school board). To keep the pupils in the bus until it is repaired unless conditions justify evacuation or transferal to another bus
• To refrain from prohibited use of alcohol or illegal drugs, tobacco, profane and unclean language and to see that the pupils conduct themselves likewise
• To make all reports, attend meetings, and training sessions required by school authorities
• To be accountable for bi-directional reflective triangles, first-aid kit and fire extinguisher
• To prevent any object being placed in the bus that will restrict passageway to entrance or emergency exits, and to keep bottles or…