Substitute Bus Drivers

Pay Rate: $20.12/hour

Benefits Eligable - After 60 days

Position: Substitute Bus Driver

Immediate Supervisor: Transportation Supervisor

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ensure safety of students

• Transport students safely and efficiently to and from school and school related events

• Follow assigned bus routes and schedules

• Maintain required records and information

• Report any mechanical problems to the utility worker or supervisor

• Keep assigned vehicle neat and clean

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge and awareness of changes in driving laws as they apply to transporting school children

• Obey all traffic laws

• Observe all mandatory safety regulations for school buses

• Maintain pupil control and report any violations to the proper authorities

• Discharge students only at authorized bus stops

• Transport only authorized students

• Report all accidents and complete required reports

• Enforce applicable federal and state laws, and Board of Education policies

• Complete established pre-trip inspection of vehicle

• Report any hazardous conditions along the existing route to the transportation supervisor

• Attend bus driver meetings and be available in the event of an early dismissal

• Notify the transportation supervisor in case of illness in order to permit time to secure a substitute driver

• Conduct front door, rear door, and combination front and rear door emergency evacuation drills

• Prepare reports, route maps, schedules, pupil lists, and accident reports as required by the State of Ohio, the Ohio Department of Education, and the Board of Education

• Make contacts with public with tact and diplomacy

• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information, e.g. student identification information, student medication

• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents

• Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude, conversation, and by the safe and professional operation of a school bus

• Attend meetings and in-services as required

• Fill out Incident Reports and "Code of Student Behavior" violations

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Warm up the engine gradually in cold weather

• Exercise responsible leadership when on out-of-district field trips

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Transportation Supervisor

EQUIPMENT OPERATED

• Bus

• Tire Gauge

• Safety equipment on bus

• Fire Extinguisher

• First Aid Kit

• Body Fluid Kit

• Various hand held items, e.g. tire iron, oil can, flares, broom, dustpan, flashlight, squeegee

ADDITIONAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue

• Occasional operation of a bus or vehicle in inclement weather conditions

• Frequent interaction among unruly children

• Occasional evening/weekend/summer work

• Occasional requirement to lift and carry bus supplies

• Frequent requirement to climb, e.g. steps on a bus and to check bus fluids, through bus back emergency door, bumpers to adjust mirrors or clean windshield

• Frequent stooping, kneeling and crouching during inspections

• Frequent requirement to balance when adjusting side mirrors

• Frequent extensive sitting, up to 4 hours at a time

• Frequent exposure to high levels of noise, e.g. bus engines

• Frequent repetitive hand motion, e.g. opening bus door and turning the steering wheel

• Occasional requirement to lift students or push and pull wheelchair bound students

• Occasional requirement to carry bus students in emergency evacuation

• Frequent exposure to various fumes, i.e. carbon monoxide and diesel fuel

• Frequent requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see (color vision required), read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, crouch, climb, balance, kneel and stoop

• Occasional requirement to restrain

• Occasional requirement to work overtime