Bus Driver - Clarkston School District
Clarkston, WA
About the Job
Bus Driver
Reports To: Transportation Manager
Job Title: Bus Driver
Bargaining Group: IUOE
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Terms of Employment: 191 days per year - prorated
Qualifications:
• Demonstrated aptitude for the tasks involved.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Satisfactory completion of Bus Driver training course.
• Must have no points on driving record and be able to pass physical including drug test.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must hold a Commercial Driver’s License. Must pass State Skill Test and State Written Test.
Language Skills: Ability to read a limited number of two and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between a series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously required to sit and occasionally required to walk or stand. The employee frequently bends or twists at the neck and trunk while performing the duties of this job. The employee frequently repeats the same hand, arm or finger motion many times. The employee frequently uses hand strength to grasp tools. The employee is continuously driving on the job. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and peripheral vision.
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 essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees and occasionally will walk on slippery surfaces. The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints and interact with the public and other workers. The employee has direct responsibility for the safety and well-being of others. The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud to where you have to raise your voice to be heard.
Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to work in a friendly manner with co-workers and students. Ability to read and understand maps. Ability to pass State Skill Test, State Written Test, Department of Transportation physical, and MDE Basic Training Program. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
Performance Summary: Operates a school bus in a legal and safe manner, transporting students to and from school and activities away from the school, as directed by the following duties:
Performance Responsibilities:
Arrives in the morning prepared to drive any vacant bus routes in a legal and safe manner.
Instructs students and teachers in emergency bus evacuation procedures and conducts drills twice a year.
3. Instructs students in proper bus conduct.
4. Reports misconduct on bus through established district procedures.
5. Operates two-way radio as needed.
6. Conducts pre-trip and post-trip bus inspection to insure that all parts are operating and the bus is safe.
7. Fuels the bus as needed.
8. Cleans the interior of the bus daily.
9. Cleans the exterior of bus as needed.
10. Completes daily log forms and other required paperwork accurately and promptly.
11. If there is not a vacant bus driving position, the driver will report to the transportation supervisor to be assigned duties as needed.
Wash and clean bus
Empty trash and clean area (if custodian was not available)
Help in the office with assigned duties by the supervisor
Perform Bus Aide duties if the substitute list is exhausted (per MOU)
Help in the shop if directed by the transportation supervisor
Any other jobs deemed necessary by the transportation supervisor
Terms of Employment:
4 Hours/day (if a route is more than the 4 hours an additional timesheet will be completed)
Pay and benefits in accordance with contract between Clarkston School District and the International Union of Operating Engineers.
Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provision of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Personnel.
APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURE:
If interested and qualified please visit the Clarkston School District website at www.csdk12.org/jobs and follow the link to apply for a position.
Note: Verification of identity and United States work authorization must be completed. The successful candidate for this position must be fingerprinted. Employment is contingent upon clearance by Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation
A completed application must include the following:
1. Letter of Interest
2. Resume with relevant experience.
3. Two (2) references to send reference forms to via e-mail (current and/or former supervisors, NOT friends or family)
NONDISCRIMINATION
Clarkston School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights and Title IX Coordinator: Troy Whittle, (509) 758-2531, whittlet@csdk12.org; and Section 504 Coordinator: Rebecca Lockhart, (509) 758-2531, lockhartr@csdk12.org. Address: 1294 Chestnut St., Clarkston, WA 99403
Reports To: Transportation Manager
Job Title: Bus Driver
Bargaining Group: IUOE
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Terms of Employment: 191 days per year - prorated
Qualifications:
• Demonstrated aptitude for the tasks involved.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Satisfactory completion of Bus Driver training course.
• Must have no points on driving record and be able to pass physical including drug test.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must hold a Commercial Driver’s License. Must pass State Skill Test and State Written Test.
Language Skills: Ability to read a limited number of two and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between a series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is continuously required to sit and occasionally required to walk or stand. The employee frequently bends or twists at the neck and trunk while performing the duties of this job. The employee frequently repeats the same hand, arm or finger motion many times. The employee frequently uses hand strength to grasp tools. The employee is continuously driving on the job. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and peripheral vision.
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 essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees and occasionally will walk on slippery surfaces. The employee must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints and interact with the public and other workers. The employee has direct responsibility for the safety and well-being of others. The noise level in the work environment is frequently loud to where you have to raise your voice to be heard.
Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to work in a friendly manner with co-workers and students. Ability to read and understand maps. Ability to pass State Skill Test, State Written Test, Department of Transportation physical, and MDE Basic Training Program. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
Performance Summary: Operates a school bus in a legal and safe manner, transporting students to and from school and activities away from the school, as directed by the following duties:
Performance Responsibilities:
Arrives in the morning prepared to drive any vacant bus routes in a legal and safe manner.
Instructs students and teachers in emergency bus evacuation procedures and conducts drills twice a year.
3. Instructs students in proper bus conduct.
4. Reports misconduct on bus through established district procedures.
5. Operates two-way radio as needed.
6. Conducts pre-trip and post-trip bus inspection to insure that all parts are operating and the bus is safe.
7. Fuels the bus as needed.
8. Cleans the interior of the bus daily.
9. Cleans the exterior of bus as needed.
10. Completes daily log forms and other required paperwork accurately and promptly.
11. If there is not a vacant bus driving position, the driver will report to the transportation supervisor to be assigned duties as needed.
Wash and clean bus
Empty trash and clean area (if custodian was not available)
Help in the office with assigned duties by the supervisor
Perform Bus Aide duties if the substitute list is exhausted (per MOU)
Help in the shop if directed by the transportation supervisor
Any other jobs deemed necessary by the transportation supervisor
Terms of Employment:
4 Hours/day (if a route is more than the 4 hours an additional timesheet will be completed)
Pay and benefits in accordance with contract between Clarkston School District and the International Union of Operating Engineers.
Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provision of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Personnel.
APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURE:
If interested and qualified please visit the Clarkston School District website at www.csdk12.org/jobs and follow the link to apply for a position.
Note: Verification of identity and United States work authorization must be completed. The successful candidate for this position must be fingerprinted. Employment is contingent upon clearance by Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation
A completed application must include the following:
1. Letter of Interest
2. Resume with relevant experience.
3. Two (2) references to send reference forms to via e-mail (current and/or former supervisors, NOT friends or family)
NONDISCRIMINATION
Clarkston School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights and Title IX Coordinator: Troy Whittle, (509) 758-2531, whittlet@csdk12.org; and Section 504 Coordinator: Rebecca Lockhart, (509) 758-2531, lockhartr@csdk12.org. Address: 1294 Chestnut St., Clarkston, WA 99403
Source : Clarkston School District
