OCS Transportation- Open Route Driver Trainer

Performance Responsibilities

• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses and obeys all traffic laws.
• Affords assistance to regular and train replacement drivers for open routes.
• Drives routes that are listed on daily board as assigned by the Director.
• Checks bus before each operation for mechanical defects and completes post-trip check at end of each route to ensure no students or belongings remain on the bus.
• Maintains discipline when students are on the bus and reports undisciplined students to the proper authority.
• Conducts pre-service instruction for new bus driver trainees in accordance with the curriculum developed by the Division of Pupil Transportation approved by the Kentucky Department of Education.
• Affords assistance in the preparation and development of training components that will make up the annual eight-hour first aider certification modules in accordance to applicable Kentucky Administrative Regulations.
• Evaluates bus driving performance of bus drivers who have been involved in a preventable incident and provides remedial training as directed.
• Trains and assists new drivers concerning student behavior management problems and situations.
• Affords assistance to route managers with the daily evaluations and home bus route data in VersaTrans.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of bus driver records, including driver's license and certificate expiration, medical expiration and training hours required for the renewal of bus driver certificate.
• Operates computer terminal, prepares transportation reports.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
• Understands and follows oral and written directions.
• Performs each other reasonable duties within the scope of the transportation department as may be assigned by the Director or the Assistant Superintendent.
• Attends work regularly and on time.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/Equivalent
• Twenty-one years of age
• Current driver's license, valid in Kentucky
• Physical examination, Board-appointed physician
• Pre-employment drug and alcohol screening
• Criminal record check
• No chargeable accidents within the last three years
• No drug or alcohol convictions within the last five years
• Exemplary Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Class B, Endorsements: Passenger (P) & School Bus (S)
• Kentucky Certified School Bus Driver Trainer Instructor (may acquire after appointment)
• Minimum 2 years school bus driver experience
• Able to push, pull and lift 45 lbs. and bend at the waist, kneel and lift hands over head