Huntsville School District
Job Description

 

Job Title: Bus Driver

Reports To: Director of Transportation

Contracted Days: 178

 

Job Summary: Provides safe and efficient transportation to and from school for students according to established routes and within established times and guidelines; provides safe efficient transportation to students on extra-curricular or other non-route trips

 

 

Essential Duties:

 

Daily duties and responsibilities

• Performs and properly completes daily pre-trip inspections.

• Defensively drives specific route transporting students to and from school in a timely manner. o Addresses behavior problems when necessary

• Maintains open communication with parents.

• Uses chain-of-command to report major disciplinary problems.

• Inspects bus for damage at end of each run. o Sweeps bus and leaves it in clean condition.

• Completes paperwork. Examples may include:

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  Student count.
  Record of mileage.
  Accident reports.
  Maintenance requests

 

Duties performed as needed:

• Attends safety meetings, in-service training, and other workshops.

• Attends orientation meeting.

• Wash bus.

• Other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications: 

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• Must possess a valid Arkansas Class B CDL with P and S endorsements.

 

Physical Demands: 

 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

 

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, talk or hear; and frequently required to reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.

 

Work Environment:

 

 The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

 

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

 

Other:

 

Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify, or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems necessary.