Special Transportation Driver

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes description about CATS, transition, etc. We need to decide sections: maybe "About the role" (intro), "Responsibilities" (Major Duties And Responsibilities), "Requirements" (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities, Preferred Qualification, Minimum Qualifications), "Benefits" (Benefits section), "Pay" (Salary), "Schedule" (Service hours, shifts, flexible hours, overtime, shift differential). Must not include filler sections. Must not repeat job title. Must not include metadata like Job ID. Must remove boilerplate: EEO, application instructions, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to include only sections with real content. Let's extract content: - Intro paragraph: "Thank you for your interest in joining the team that keeps Charlotte moving, at a very exciting time for our organization. At the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), we’re committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative transit services for our growing community, and we value employees who bring professionalism, passion, and a commitment to public service. This position is currently employed by CATS, a department of the City of Charlotte. With the passage of the PAVE Act and last year’s sales tax referendum, CATS is preparing to transition from a City department to the newly created Metropolitan Public Transit Authority (MPTA). The MPTA was established to strengthen regional transit governance, improve accountability, and support long‑term investment in mobility. It’s an important and exciting step forward for transit in our region. Employees hired into this role will remain City employees through December 31, 2026, and will transition to MPTA employment on January 1, 2027. Benefits and compensation will follow City provisions through 2026 and shift to MPTA provisions in 2027, with clear information shared in advance. Your core duties, reporting structure, and daily responsibilities will remain consistent, with no break in service. If anything delays the transition, your City employment, including compensation and benefits, will remain in place until the move to the MPTA occurs. The creation of the MPTA positions us for a more modern, sustainable, and efficient transit system, one that can better support the Charlotte region for decades to come. We’re excited about what’s ahead and appreciate your interest in being part of it." - Summary: "The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking a Special Transportation Driver to work various shifts and hours during a seven day work week. All drivers must be able to work flexible hours and shifts to include nights, weekends, and holidays. This position includes driving a mini-bus and physically providing assistance to passengers who may use wheelchairs and have other conditions requiring assistance from the driver. The Special Transportation Driver provides safe, courteous, and reliable door-to-door paratransit transportation to disabled, mobility impaired, and other eligible passengers in accordance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. This vacancy is with benefits. Additional hours may be required as business needs change. Position will require the ability to work hours outside of scheduled hours on a consistent basis. Please note: Service hours are 0400-0200 and shifts are assigned by seniority. Entry level employees are typically assigned to closing shifts. The Paratransit Driver must have the ability to work flexible hours, shifts, and overtime, including nights, weekends and holidays as needed. This position is eligible for a shift differential. Employees regularly assigned to 2nd or 3rd shifts will be eligible to receive a 2.5% premium added to your base weekly pay." - Major Duties And Responsibilities list: bullet points. - Knowledge, Skills & Abilities list. - Preferred Qualification list. - Minimum Qualifications: "One year of relevant work experience" - Conditions of Employment: background check, drug screening, etc. Might be considered part of Requirements? Could be separate but maybe we can include under Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Knowledge, Skills & Abilities, Preferred Qualification, Minimum Qualifications, Conditions of Employment into a "Requirements" section. But we need to preserve all substantive info; we can list them as sub-lists. - Benefits: "The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Click here to learn more about the City of Charlotte’s benefits. The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace." That's substantive. - Pay: "Department: Charlotte Area Transit System Department Salary: $25.00 - $27.57 Commensurate with Experience". So we have salary range. - Schedule: we have service hours, shifts, flexible, overtime, shift differential. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience" as placeholder? Actually salary is given; we can include Pay section with the range. The phrase "Commensurate with Experience" is part of salary description; it's okay. We must not include sections like "About the role" if we have no specific heading? The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We can choose which headings to use based on content. We need to include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it. So we can have sections: About the role (intro + summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (knowledge, skills, abilities, preferred qualification, minimum qualifications, conditions), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. Good. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft. Structure:

About the role

... intro paragraph + summary ...

But we need to ensure we don't duplicate content. We'll combine intro and summary into one paragraph maybe two paragraphs. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can split into multiple

tags. Let's write About the role paragraph(s): First paragraph: thank you intro and CATS commitment, transition details. Second paragraph: summary about Special Transportation Driver, flexible hours, service hours, shift differential, etc. We must keep all details: mention service hours 0400-0200, shifts assigned by seniority, entry level employees typically assigned to closing shifts, position eligible for shift differential, 2.5% premium for 2nd or 3rd shifts. Also mention that vacancy is with benefits, additional hours may be required, ability to work hours outside scheduled hours. Now Responsibilities: list of duties. We'll use

• for each duty. Duties list: - Provide safe, courteous, timely, dependable service while transporting CATS customers - Operate CATS Paratransit vehicles safely on scheduled trips - Provide stellar customer service when interacting with customers - Ability to be flexible & adaptable to changing environments - On and offboarding of customers while securing seat belts and straps, while ensuring patron and mobility device is tied down safely - Safely and efficiently operate specialized vehicle in transporting customers - Perform pre and post trip inspection - Use of two-way radio to communicate with dispatch, reservations, and other Paratransit staff - Maintain accurate log of daily activities - As part of your responsibility to support the CATS Safety Culture, report safety concerns and issues through the various methods established by CATS as outlined in ASP. Now Requirements: we need to include Knowledge, Skills & Abilities, Preferred Qualification, Minimum Qualifications, Conditions of Employment. We can structure as subheadings? But we only allowed

  for section headings; we could use

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  with maybe bold? But we must not invent headings. We can just list items under a single
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  describing category. That's acceptable. Thus:

  Requirements

  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

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    preceding each list. Let's do:

    Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

    • Professional driving experience of mini-buses, vans, school, or transit bus
    • Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
    • Ability to follow oral & written instructions
    • Ability to understand the needs of disabled clients
    • Ability to read and interpret maps & complex schedules while also having a general knowledge of Mecklenburg County streets and traffic patterns
    • Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 50 lbs. or more (extreme weights may apply)
    Then

    Preferred Qualification:

    • Professional driving experience using mini buses, vans ,school buses, or transit vehicles
    • Class A or B CDL with P endorsement
    • Certified Nursing Assistant, Paratransit, and patient transport experience
    • Bilingual (Spanish)
    • High school diploma/GED
    Then

    Minimum Qualifications:

    • One year of relevant work experience
    Then

    Conditions of Employment:

    • The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.
    • Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.
    • Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination.
    • During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.
    Now Benefits section:

    Benefits

    The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Click here to learn more about the City of Charlotte’s benefits. The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.

    Pay section:

    Pay

    Salary: $25.00 - $27.57 per hour (commensurate with experience).

    But we need to preserve exact wording: "Department: Charlotte Area Transit System Department Salary: $25.00 - $27.57 Commensurate with Experience". We'll output that. Schedule section:

    Schedule

    Service hours are 0400-0200 and shifts are assigned by seniority. Entry level employees are typically assigned to closing shifts. Position requires flexible hours, shifts, and overtime, including nights, weekends and holidays as needed. Eligible for a shift differential; employees regularly assigned to 2nd or 3rd shifts receive a 2.5% premium added to base weekly pay.

    We must ensure we didn't include boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, etc. We removed those. Check for any leftover boilerplate: The original had "Thank you for your interest..." we kept. The "How To Apply" etc removed. The EEO statement removed. The "Click here to learn more about the