25-26 SY Activity Bus Driver

BEGINNING DATE: 25/26 School Year

SALARY: Calendar 182 grade 19 step 1

APPLICATION: IN-DISTRICT: Letter of interest through TalentEd Recruit & Hire website

OUT-OF DISTRICT: Complete application through TalentEd Recruit & Hire website

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Until Filled

Job Goal

To transport students in a safe and orderly manner.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Safety

Conducting inspections on vehicles, and equipment, and reporting their condition.

Informing the supervisor of unsafe equipment or situations.

Driving in a safe and orderly fashion, while maintaining a neat and orderly bus.

Supplying weekly reports on vehicle conditions and usage along with the status and

condition of the bus.

Student safety during emergency evacuation procedures.

Transportation

Checking fuel, oil, and tire pressure, and recording usage.

Maintaining and submitting an accurate and complete trip record including all miles

driven and problems noted.

Maintaining a safe transportation environment which includes disciplining students who

are creating safety hazards and reporting the same to the Transportation Director.

Maintain service records for all buses and coordinate servicing.

Reporting

Inspecting, reporting, and recording conditions that relate to the bus and usage.

Acting as a consultant to the Transportation Director or his designee and making

recommendations for future needs. Maintain communications with activity drivers concerning

trips, locations, and bus performance.

Team Member

Working in cooperation with other District Maintenance personnel, administration,

faculty, and staff with regard to the conduct of activities in this function.

Other
Daily cleaning and sanitizing of the vehicle, and coordinating cleaning of all buses and school

Owned vehicles.

Performing those duties which protect the health and safety of students and employees.

Performing other duties when assigned by the Transportation Director.

Qualifications
New Mexico Commercial Driver's License (Class B.)

First aid and CPR training are desirable.

Physical Effort

Bends, stoops, lifts, climbs.

Lifts move or carry up to 50 pounds of materials.

Climbs to various heights and works in confined spaces.

Operates large and small power-driven machinery such as vacuum, sweeper, buffer, or

other similar equipment.

Education And Experience
A minimum of 5 years of experience and knowledge as a bus driver is desirable.

Language Skills
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance

instructions, and procedure manuals.

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole

numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in

written, oral, or diagram form.

Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized

situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Valid driver's license and Commercial Driver's License (Class B).

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use

hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear.

The employee is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color

vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to

Perform The Essential Functions.
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 inside

environmental conditions.

The employee frequently works with a video display terminal for prolonged periods.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Revised September 2009

THE DEMING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, AGE, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, OR HANDICAP IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS