Diesel Mechanic III
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them.
We need to extract content.
Job posting: "First Student is now hiring a Diesel Mechanic III in Rochester, NY Schedule: Monday-Friday 1st Shift". So schedule is Monday-Friday day shift. That is specific content: schedule. So we can include a Schedule section with that info.
Pay: "Competitive starting salary (NOT flat rate). Bonus rate increase available for each ASE School Bus Series test passed and maintained (up to $2/hour more)." That's pay info. So we can include Pay section with that.
Benefits: list includes: Company-paid ASE testing and training materials. Company-paid CDL Class B training and licensing. Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match. Paid holidays and vacation time. Annual allowances for boots and prescription safety glasses. Discounts on cell phone plans, vehicles, and more through the PerkSpot program. Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and support services for personal and work-related issues. Also maybe "Career Advancement Opportunities" but that's not benefits. We'll include Benefits section with those bullet points.
About the role: There's a paragraph: "If you take pride in keeping your community moving, this is your opportunity to make a real difference. Our team keeps students safe and on time every day-because behind every bus is a skilled mechanic who ensures reliability, safety, and peace of mind for families across our community. While First Student is North America's leading school transportation provider-serving more than 1,250 districts and 5.4 million student journeys daily-our focus here is local. You'll join a close-knit team that values collaboration, safety, and community connection." Also "Why Join First as a Diesel Mechanic?" maybe part of About the role. We'll put that in About the role section.
Responsibilities: Under "About The Diesel Technician Position As a Diesel Technician with First Student, you will help maintain and repair school buses to ensure safety and reliability. Diesel Technician key responsibilities include:" then list: Ensure vehicles are maintained and safe for our passengers. Diagnose and perform all phases of vehicle maintenance including the repair of brakes and brake inspections, engine tune-ups, suspensions, drive trains, transmission clutches and other repairs. Perform preventive maintenance (PMs), safety inspections, and annual maintenance inspections. Complete work orders accurately. Assist with mobile emergency repair services when needed.
We'll put those in Responsibilities
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Qualifications: Under "Diesel Technician Qualifications At least 5 years of diesel or automotive maintenance and repair experience, or equivalent technical school education and experience. Vehicle diagnostic and problem-solving skills. Valid driver's license required. CDL Class B or ability to obtain within 60 days of employment - Company paid training provided. Possession of a mechanic's tool set to complete all assigned duties. Willingness to participate in the ASE certification program (training, testing, and bonuses provided). Strong computer skills." Also note about DOT drug testing maybe part of qualifications? It's a note but could be included as a qualification or separate note. We'll include as part of Qualifications maybe as a note.
Skills: Could be derived from qualifications: Vehicle diagnostic and problem-solving skills, Strong computer skills, etc. But we already have Qualifications; we could also have Skills section if there is explicit list. The posting doesn't have a separate "Skills" heading; we could combine into Qualifications or Skills. The instruction: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should include sections only if there is real specific content. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Requirements (maybe same as Qualifications). But we can choose to not duplicate. We'll include Qualifications and maybe Skills separate if we can extract skills like "Vehicle diagnostic and problem-solving skills", "Strong computer skills", "Willingness to participate in ASE certification". But those are already in qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could put them under Skills and keep Qualifications for experience/education. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into Qualifications and not create Skills unless there is distinct list. There's no explicit Skills heading; we can decide to not create Skills section.
Requirements: Could be similar to Qualifications; but we have qualifications already. We could skip Requirements to avoid thin sections.
Thus final HTML: About the role
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Responsibilities
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Qualifications
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Benefits
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Pay
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Schedule
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Make sure to not include boilerplate like EEO, drug testing note? The note about DOT drug testing is maybe part of qualifications but could be considered legal boilerplate. However it's specific to the role (safety-sensitive). It might be considered relevant. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The DOT drug testing note is legal but it's a requirement for the job (safety-sensitive). It's not exactly EEO; it's a condition of employment. Might be okay to keep as part of Qualifications or a separate note. But to be safe, we could include it as a qualification bullet: "Subject to DOT drug testing as a safety-sensitive employee (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 40 does not authorize the use of Schedule I drugs, including marijuana, for any reason)." That's specific info.
Also note about Language Requirement: "This role requires English proficiency." That's a requirement; we could include in Qualifications or Requirements. We'll add as a bullet.
Also note about "Take the wheel and drive your career forward..." that's fluff; maybe part of About the role.
We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all specifics: e.g., "Competitive starting salary (NOT flat rate). Bonus rate increase available for each ASE School Bus Series test passed and maintained (up to $2/hour more)." That's pay.
Schedule: "Monday-Friday day shift schedule with consistent, year-round work." Also earlier: "Schedule: Monday-Friday 1st Shift". We'll combine.
Benefits: list each item.
Let's extract benefits precisely:
- Company-paid ASE testing and training materials.
- Company-paid CDL Class B training and licensing.
- Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match.
- Paid holidays and vacation time.
- Annual allowances for boots and prescription safety glasses.
- Discounts on cell phone plans, vehicles, and more through the PerkSpot program.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and support services for personal and work-related issues.
- Career Advancement Opportunities: Advance into operational, maintenance, management, and leadership roles in over 540 locations across the U.S. & Canada! (maybe not a benefit but could be included under Benefits or About the role). We'll keep as benefit bullet.
Also "Paid holidays and vacation time." Already.
Also "Annual allowances for boots and prescription safety glasses."
Also "Discounts on cell phone plans, vehicles, and more through the PerkSpot program."
Also "Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and support services for personal and work-related issues."
Also maybe "Paid holidays and vacation time." Already.
Now responsibilities list:
- Ensure vehicles are maintained and safe for our passengers.
- Diagnose and perform all phases of vehicle maintenance including the repair of brakes and brake inspections, engine tune-ups, suspensions, drive trains, transmission clutches and other repairs.
- Perform preventive maintenance (PMs), safety inspections, and annual maintenance inspections.
- Complete work orders accurately.
- Assist with mobile emergency repair services when needed.
Qualifications list:
- At least 5 years of diesel or automotive maintenance and repair experience, or equivalent technical school education and experience.
- Vehicle diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
- Valid driver's license required.
- CDL Class B or ability to obtain within 60 days of employment - Company paid training provided.
- Possession of a mechanic's tool set to complete all assigned duties.
- Willingness to participate in the ASE certification program (training, testing, and bonuses provided).
- Strong computer skills.
- Subject to DOT drug testing as a safety-sensitive employee (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 40 does not authorize the use of Schedule I drugs, including marijuana, for any reason).
- Language requirement: English proficiency required.
We could combine language requirement as bullet.
Now About the role paragraph: combine the introductory sentences and "Why Join First as a Diesel Mechanic?" maybe.
Let's craft About the role:
"If you take pride in keeping your community moving, this is your opportunity to make a real difference. Our team keeps students safe and on time every day—because behind every bus is a skilled mechanic who ensures reliability, safety, and peace of mind for families across our community. While First Student is North America's leading school transportation provider—serving more than 1,250 districts and 5.4 million student journeys daily—our focus here is local. You'll join a close-knit team that values collaboration, safety, and community connection. Why Join First as a Diesel Mechanic? Competitive starting salary (NOT flat rate). Bonus rate increase available for each ASE School Bus Series test passed and maintained (up to $2/hour more). Monday-Friday day shift schedule with consistent, year-round work. Company-paid ASE testing and training materials. Company-paid CDL Class B training and licensing. Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match. Career Advancement Opportunities: Advance into operational, maintenance, management, and leadership roles in over 540 locations across the U.S. & Canada! Paid holidays and vacation time. Annual allowances for boots and prescription safety glasses. Discounts on cell phone plans, vehicles, and more through the PerkSpot program. Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and support services for personal and work-related issues."
But note that some of that repeats Benefits and Pay etc. We might duplicate if we also have separate sections. To avoid duplication, we should keep About the role more generic, not repeat details that will be in other sections. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can't omit details. If we put details in About the role and also in Benefits/Pay sections, we would be duplicating. But duplication is allowed? The instruction says "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." It doesn't forbid duplication, but we should avoid unnecessary duplication? It didn't say not to duplicate. However typical approach is to avoid repeating same info in multiple sections. But we could keep About the role as a brief overview without repeating specifics that will be in sections. However we must preserve all info; if we omit from About the role but include in Benefits/Pay, we still preserved it. So it's okay to not repeat in About the role. So we can keep About the role as a short paragraph about the role and team,
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, equal-opportunity, scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. We need to extract content. Job posting: "First Student is now hiring a Diesel Mechanic III in Rochester, NY Schedule: Monday-Friday 1st Shift". So schedule is Monday-Friday day shift. That is specific content: schedule. So we can include a Schedule section with that info. Pay: "Competitive starting salary (NOT flat rate). Bonus rate increase available for each ASE School Bus Series test passed and maintained (up to $2/hour more)." That's pay info. So we can include Pay section with that. Benefits: list includes: Company-paid ASE testing and training materials. Company-paid CDL Class B training and licensing. Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match. Paid holidays and vacation time. Annual allowances for boots and prescription safety glasses. Discounts on cell phone plans, vehicles, and more through the PerkSpot program. Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and support services for personal and work-related issues. Also maybe "Career Advancement Opportunities" but that's not benefits. We'll include Benefits section with those bullet points. About the role: There's a paragraph: "If you take pride in keeping your community moving, this is your opportunity to make a real difference. Our team keeps students safe and on time every day-because behind every bus is a skilled mechanic who ensures reliability, safety, and peace of mind for families across our community. While First Student is North America's leading school transportation provider-serving more than 1,250 districts and 5.4 million student journeys daily-our focus here is local. You'll join a close-knit team that values collaboration, safety, and community connection." Also "Why Join First as a Diesel Mechanic?" maybe part of About the role. We'll put that in About the role section. Responsibilities: Under "About The Diesel Technician Position As a Diesel Technician with First Student, you will help maintain and repair school buses to ensure safety and reliability. Diesel Technician key responsibilities include:" then list: Ensure vehicles are maintained and safe for our passengers. Diagnose and perform all phases of vehicle maintenance including the repair of brakes and brake inspections, engine tune-ups, suspensions, drive trains, transmission clutches and other repairs. Perform preventive maintenance (PMs), safety inspections, and annual maintenance inspections. Complete work orders accurately. Assist with mobile emergency repair services when needed. We'll put those in Responsibilities
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Qualifications: Under "Diesel Technician Qualifications At least 5 years of diesel or automotive maintenance and repair experience, or equivalent technical school education and experience. Vehicle diagnostic and problem-solving skills. Valid driver's license required. CDL Class B or ability to obtain within 60 days of employment - Company paid training provided. Possession of a mechanic's tool set to complete all assigned duties. Willingness to participate in the ASE certification program (training, testing, and bonuses provided). Strong computer skills." Also note about DOT drug testing maybe part of qualifications? It's a note but could be included as a qualification or separate note. We'll include as part of Qualifications maybe as a note.
Skills: Could be derived from qualifications: Vehicle diagnostic and problem-solving skills, Strong computer skills, etc. But we already have Qualifications; we could also have Skills section if there is explicit list. The posting doesn't have a separate "Skills" heading; we could combine into Qualifications or Skills. The instruction: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should include sections only if there is real specific content. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Requirements (maybe same as Qualifications). But we can choose to not duplicate. We'll include Qualifications and maybe Skills separate if we can extract skills like "Vehicle diagnostic and problem-solving skills", "Strong computer skills", "Willingness to participate in ASE certification". But those are already in qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could put them under Skills and keep Qualifications for experience/education. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine into Qualifications and not create Skills unless there is distinct list. There's no explicit Skills heading; we can decide to not create Skills section.
Requirements: Could be similar to Qualifications; but we have qualifications already. We could skip Requirements to avoid thin sections.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
Qualifications
- ...
Benefits
- ...
Pay
...
Schedule
...
Make sure to not include boilerplate like EEO, drug testing note? The note about DOT drug testing is maybe part of qualifications but could be considered legal boilerplate. However it's specific to the role (safety-sensitive). It might be considered relevant. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The DOT drug testing note is legal but it's a requirement for the job (safety-sensitive). It's not exactly EEO; it's a condition of employment. Might be okay to keep as part of Qualifications or a separate note. But to be safe, we could include it as a qualification bullet: "Subject to DOT drug testing as a safety-sensitive employee (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 40 does not authorize the use of Schedule I drugs, including marijuana, for any reason)." That's specific info. Also note about Language Requirement: "This role requires English proficiency." That's a requirement; we could include in Qualifications or Requirements. We'll add as a bullet. Also note about "Take the wheel and drive your career forward..." that's fluff; maybe part of About the role. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all specifics: e.g., "Competitive starting salary (NOT flat rate). Bonus rate increase available for each ASE School Bus Series test passed and maintained (up to $2/hour more)." That's pay. Schedule: "Monday-Friday day shift schedule with consistent, year-round work." Also earlier: "Schedule: Monday-Friday 1st Shift". We'll combine. Benefits: list each item. Let's extract benefits precisely: - Company-paid ASE testing and training materials. - Company-paid CDL Class B training and licensing. - Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match. - Paid holidays and vacation time. - Annual allowances for boots and prescription safety glasses. - Discounts on cell phone plans, vehicles, and more through the PerkSpot program. - Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and support services for personal and work-related issues. - Career Advancement Opportunities: Advance into operational, maintenance, management, and leadership roles in over 540 locations across the U.S. & Canada! (maybe not a benefit but could be included under Benefits or About the role). We'll keep as benefit bullet. Also "Paid holidays and vacation time." Already. Also "Annual allowances for boots and prescription safety glasses." Also "Discounts on cell phone plans, vehicles, and more through the PerkSpot program." Also "Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and support services for personal and work-related issues." Also maybe "Paid holidays and vacation time." Already. Now responsibilities list: - Ensure vehicles are maintained and safe for our passengers. - Diagnose and perform all phases of vehicle maintenance including the repair of brakes and brake inspections, engine tune-ups, suspensions, drive trains, transmission clutches and other repairs. - Perform preventive maintenance (PMs), safety inspections, and annual maintenance inspections. - Complete work orders accurately. - Assist with mobile emergency repair services when needed. Qualifications list: - At least 5 years of diesel or automotive maintenance and repair experience, or equivalent technical school education and experience. - Vehicle diagnostic and problem-solving skills. - Valid driver's license required. - CDL Class B or ability to obtain within 60 days of employment - Company paid training provided. - Possession of a mechanic's tool set to complete all assigned duties. - Willingness to participate in the ASE certification program (training, testing, and bonuses provided). - Strong computer skills. - Subject to DOT drug testing as a safety-sensitive employee (DOT Regulation 49 CFR Part 40 does not authorize the use of Schedule I drugs, including marijuana, for any reason). - Language requirement: English proficiency required. We could combine language requirement as bullet. Now About the role paragraph: combine the introductory sentences and "Why Join First as a Diesel Mechanic?" maybe. Let's craft About the role: "If you take pride in keeping your community moving, this is your opportunity to make a real difference. Our team keeps students safe and on time every day—because behind every bus is a skilled mechanic who ensures reliability, safety, and peace of mind for families across our community. While First Student is North America's leading school transportation provider—serving more than 1,250 districts and 5.4 million student journeys daily—our focus here is local. You'll join a close-knit team that values collaboration, safety, and community connection. Why Join First as a Diesel Mechanic? Competitive starting salary (NOT flat rate). Bonus rate increase available for each ASE School Bus Series test passed and maintained (up to $2/hour more). Monday-Friday day shift schedule with consistent, year-round work. Company-paid ASE testing and training materials. Company-paid CDL Class B training and licensing. Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match. Career Advancement Opportunities: Advance into operational, maintenance, management, and leadership roles in over 540 locations across the U.S. & Canada! Paid holidays and vacation time. Annual allowances for boots and prescription safety glasses. Discounts on cell phone plans, vehicles, and more through the PerkSpot program. Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and support services for personal and work-related issues." But note that some of that repeats Benefits and Pay etc. We might duplicate if we also have separate sections. To avoid duplication, we should keep About the role more generic, not repeat details that will be in other sections. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can't omit details. If we put details in About the role and also in Benefits/Pay sections, we would be duplicating. But duplication is allowed? The instruction says "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." It doesn't forbid duplication, but we should avoid unnecessary duplication? It didn't say not to duplicate. However typical approach is to avoid repeating same info in multiple sections. But we could keep About the role as a brief overview without repeating specifics that will be in sections. However we must preserve all info; if we omit from About the role but include in Benefits/Pay, we still preserved it. So it's okay to not repeat in About the role. So we can keep About the role as a short paragraph about the role and team,