Temp Bus Driver - NON CDL

Responsibilities

• Safely operate buses or paratransit vans along assigned routes and schedules according to driver manifests.
• Collect fares and prepare daily accounting reports detailing fares received, passenger counts and types, and other required data.
• Provide courteous assistance to passengers, responding to inquiries about routes, schedules, and fares.
• Aid in routine vehicle maintenance tasks such as fueling and general upkeep; coordinate services and repairs as needed.
• Maintain the cleanliness and appearance of vehicles and bus shelters.
• Perform daily safety and mechanical inspections as outlined in the "Transit Driver Manual."
• Ensure passenger safety and report any operational problems to Transit Management.
• Assist with fueling, cleaning, maintenance and other tasks as directed.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of safe operation of a public transit vehicle, including complete familiarization with its systems and safety features, assigned routes, state and local traffic rules, laws and regulations and defensive driving.
• Ability to operate a bus or van safely, operated and/or utilize all standard safety equipment including safety harnesses, restraints, and any other equipment required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, work cooperatively with others, exercise tact and diplomacy, maintain effective relationships with supervisors and the general public, and to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Willingness to perform various job-related duties as situations arise and a strong sense of teamwork.

Physical Abilities

• Must be able to hear.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to use hands to finger, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch; and taste or smell.
• Each of the listed activities also requires standing, reaching, sitting, walking, bending, stooping, climbing on stools, and ladders, and routinely lift and carry items and boxes up to forty (40) pounds.
• Use of two-way radio and long periods of sitting.
• Physically capable of operating and/or utilizing all standard safety equipment including safety harnesses, restraints, and any other equipment required by the American Disabilities Act of 1990.
• Driving, fueling, cleaning and maintaining a public transit bus.