at Logan Transp LLC in Middletown, Delaware, United States Job Description Performance Responsibilities

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS

• Regular attendance is an essential function of the position.
• Report to work as scheduled or before in order to prepare the bus and start the route on time regardless of weather conditions.
• Meet the requirements of the regular daily bus route for the purpose of transporting children to and from school in a safe and timely fashion.
• Operates assigned school buses on assigned trips in accordance with printed trip schedules and in accordance with specified stop, sequence, and time schedules.
• Complete safety and operational check of the school bus and any special equipment before all trips. Report any malfunctions concerning the bus and/or special equipment.
• Boards, transports, and discharges passengers.
• Responsibility to maintain and rigidly adhere to the bus route schedule for both pickup and return home
• May lift handicapped passengers and assist passengers into and out of bus as required by Company policy and procedure.
• May operate a mechanized wheelchair lift.
• Ensure that students and equipment are safely fastened in seats, when necessary.
• Maintains and updates current student and trip routes.
• Responsibility to report any hazardous conditions observed along the scheduled bus route and route deviations
• Monitors the operational condition and safety of vehicle accessories of assigned buses on a daily basis; monitors gauges and sensors while operating a bus and reports discrepancies to initiate corrective actions, i.e.; i.e. seatbelts, fluid kits, first aid kits, etc.
• Practices non-aggressive, defensive driving techniques.
• Monitors, conducts, and responds to communications with the Transportation Operations staff via two-radio.
• Maintains effective professional working relationships with pupils, parents, and district staff.
• Responsibility to be courteous, pleasant and demonstrate respect for all students, school personnel, parents and the general motoring public.
• Be fair and firm with discipline of your passengers and be mindful of the safety of student riders when they are approaching, entering, riding and leaving the bus
• Enforces district policy and procedure in maintaining discipline on buses.
• Knowledge of rules pertaining to the transportation of schoolchildren with responsibility to advise the students on the bus of the rules and the infractions.
• Renders first aide to passengers on an emergency basis.
• Maintains working knowledge of and complies with laws and regulations pertaining to pupil transportation.
• Maintains cleanliness of windows and interior of bus on a daily basis; may include wash bus exterior.
• Ensures familiarity with assigned trips before transporting passengers; may dry-run new trips.
• Periodically participates in mandated meetings and in-service programs during traditional and non-traditional workdays and work hours as required by the department.
• Maintains and supports standards of personal conduct and discipline in accordance with the current discipline policy.
• Follow all State and Federal rules and regulations. Adherence to the procedures, policies, and practices presented in the "School Bus Drivers'/Aides' Handbook."
• Responsibility to immediately report unusual incidents or events and to follow the directions provided by the Dispatcher.
• Performs other duties reasonably related to the Bus Driver position. The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the employee in this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of a person in this position.
• Read and interpret maps, compass directions, schedules, student rosters and procedural instructions.
• Rapidly learn routes and the operations of equipment related to duties.

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