Job Summary:  Transporting students safely to and from school and school-related activities. Providing a consistent, safe “face” for the students to see every day and making a difference in a child’s life. Guaranteed 5 hours per day on a split shift (approximately/between): 6:30a to 9:30a and 1:30 to 4:30p. Many of our drivers work 6-8 hours per day. More hours available if desired. May work within district during break between routes.

 

Position Reports to:  Director of Transportation.

 

Essential Job Functions:  May include, but are not limited to, the following:

Other Job Functions:

Performance Standards:  Perform all assigned job duties in a satisfactory manner; work under direct supervision and independently use standardized routines; communicate effectively to provide information and/or advise others; and comply with all District policies and procedures including those outlined in Reynolds School District Transportation Handbook.

 

Qualifications:

Skills, Knowledge, and/or Abilities Required:

Knowledge of:

Ability to:

Education Required:  High School diploma; or any combination of education and experience which would provide the applicant with the desired skills, knowledge and ability required to perform the job.

 

Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required:

 

Working Environment:

 

May include, but not limited to:  Outdoor vehicle inspection and driving school buses of various makes or models in all weather conditions.  May be exposed to chemicals, fuel, grease and oil, fumes from the aforementioned, blood-borne pathogens, inclement weather conditions, and hazardous traffic and/or driving conditions.

 

Physical Requirements:  Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.  Regular climbing, walking, balancing, lifting, carrying, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.  Frequent twisting, pushing, pulling, reaching, handling, grasping, fingering, talking and hearing.

 

Physical capacities required to operate a bus:  Leg/foot use required to depress brake pedal to a pressure of at least 90 pounds and depress clutch pedal to a pressure of at least 40 pounds unless operating an automatic transmission.  Pushing and pulling, e.g., up to 30 pounds of force to manually operated bus entrance door and during an emergency situation, a student(s) might have to be assisted requiring carrying or dragging a 125 pound person 30 feet in 30 second or less. Climbing e.g., a maximum step height of 17 ½ inches to enter bus and in an emergency situation, exits from an emergency door opening of 24 x 48 inches and at least 42 inches from ground in ten seconds or less.

 

Possess a reaction time of 3/4 of a second or less from the throttle to the brake control.  Continual hearing and not less than 7/15 in at least one (1) ear. Drivers requiring a hearing aid must wear a properly operating aid at all times while operating a bus.  Continual vision requiring near acuity and far acuity of no less than 20/40 in each eye either with or without corrective lenses and binocular acuity of at least 20/40 in both eyes with or without corrective lenses, a field of vision of not less than a total of 140 degrees, depth perception and color vision to distinguish red, green and yellow colors. Drivers requiring corrective lenses shall wear properly prescribed lenses at all time while operating a bus.

 

Bilingual/Bicultural Preferred

 

Approx. 5.0 hrs per day

Work Hours:  TBD

 

Federal Regulations:

 

In order to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) you must be a permanent resident of the United States or a US citizen.

 

In order to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Oregon School Bus drivers must meet all federal regulations pertaining to CDL holders.  This includes pre-employment and random drug screens.  Although the use of marijuana is legal in Oregon, it's not legal federally, and therefore a positive drug screen test result for marijuana will disqualify a person from obtaining a CDL.

 

*Start right away! No CDL Permit required to start.*