AIDE - MONITOR Hempfield Schools

Duties/Responsibilities

• Maintain attendance and ridership records and assign seating, as necessary, to ensure good student behavior
• Observe and learn established bus routes so when substitute drivers are operating the bus directional and routing assistance can be given
• Verify route turn for turn sheets and note any route changes with written notes
• Make additional directional or landmark notations on bus route sheets to assist future new or substitute bus drivers
• Observe and track route timing, such as total time in route; time between stops, loading and unloading times or any other requested information for the purpose of establishing route efficiency
• Ensure safe loading and unloading of students on and off the bus
• Verify student use of seat belts and assist with securing or removing belts
• Aid bus driver with sweeping and cleaning bus interior
• Establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with bus drivers, district personnel, students, and parents
• All other duties as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities

• Comprehend and follow oral and written instructions
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors and co-workers
• Communicate clearly with students, drivers, school officials, and parents
• Work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to heat, cold, wet and/or humid weather conditions
• Attend work on a regular and dependable basis
• Pass state and/or federal required Background Checks
• Perform the essential functions of the job
• Comply with all policies and procedures established by company

Physical Requirements

• Getting on and off the vehicle to assist challenged riders
• Parking lots, in aisles on board bus, walk around vehicle for daily inspections
• Closing door, pushing wheelchairs, opening emergency door and equipment opening and closing windows
• Opening and closing doors as well as operating all hand and foot controls, checking bus fluids
• Securing themselves correctly in the factory-installed driver’s seat belt unassisted
• Turning the steering wheel, shifting the transmission
• Driving a bus
• Sweeping and cleaning bus interior
• Announcing streets, talking with passengers, or speaking on the radio
• Keeping aware of general traffic conditions, stopped vehicles, traffic signals, viewing color or traffic lights, inspecting vehicle, monitoring passengers
• Listening to traffic sounds, emergency vehicles, passenger inquiries, monitor radio, detect mechanical problems
• Stooping / Stretching
• Picking up and securing young or challenged passengers, securing wheelchairs, inspecting under the bus
• Supervising passenger boarding and exiting, operating lift controls
• Lifting challenged passengers into their seats, wheelchairs and other equipment; assisting passengers in an emergency to evacuate the bus, lifting hood to perform pre-trip inspection and installation of tire chains
• Aid students in simulated and real emergency evacuation situations