Bus Driver (Part-Time/Temp)

Job Description

At Central Carolina Community College, we create transformative lifelong learning opportunities! We expect all employees to find ways to remove barriers to student success and provide all students a pathway to achievable dreams. Our employees are charged to recognize the challenges we face and to respond to them with empathy, understanding, and a willingness to help.

Diversity Policy: Central Carolina Community College believes the college experience is greatly enriched through diversity; therefore, the college encourages diversity of thought within the student body and staff. Furthermore, the college seeks to promote awareness of diversity and the respect for all individuals, and the college pledges to adhere to this mission in its relationship with the community.

Essential Duties

• Provide safe and efficient transportation of students, faculty, and staff to various events such as field trips, conferences, and athletic events.

• Follows all rules, policies and procedures of CCCC, along with regulations pertaining to the DOT.

• Complies with all traffic ordinances.

• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for buses.

• Keeps assigned bus clean.

• Keeps to assigned schedule.

• Checks bus before each operation for mechanical defects.

• Notifies proper authority in case of mechanical failure or lateness. Discharges students only at authorized stops.

• Exercises responsible leadership on out-of-town trips.

• Transports only authorized personnel.

• Reports all accidents and completes required reports.

• Participates in training to become proficient in handling and maneuvering school bus.

Minimum Requirements

• Be at least 18 years old.

• At least 6 months of driving experience.

• A Valid NC Driver's License -either a Class B or Class C commercial driver's license (CDL)with good driving history.

• Have "P" and "S" endorsements.

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. Ability to follow oral and written directions and read a map.

• Ability to pass State Skill Test, State Written Test, DOT physical, and MDE Basic Training Program.

• Ability to continuously sit, occasionally walk or stand; jump out rear or side of bus as needed for evacuation; to frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk while performing duties.

• Ability to repeat the same hand, arm, or finger motion many times; ability to use hand strength to grasp the steering wheel and door; to lift or move up to 75 pounds, such as students.

• Ability to continuously drive on the job. Vision abilities of close vision, color vision, depth perception, and peripheral vision.

• Ability to work in a frequently loud work environment.

• Prior bus driving experience required.

• Must pass background check and pre-employment drug screening and maintain a clean driving record.

• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered