Substitute School Bus Driver

Transportation

Wages start at $21.13 per hour.

Several positions available.

Candidates should possess the following:

Education:

Minimum high school diploma

Additional training and/or experience working with school age children a plus

Skills and Performance Requirements:

Good oral and written communications skills

Be able to understand and follow oral and written directives

Good with directions and map reading

People, team and service oriented

Be able to work well under pressure while maintaining focus on safety sensitive functions

Well organized, punctual and have an excellent attendance record

Other Considerations and Requirements:

Candidates who possess complete and current School Bus Driver credentials will be given preference

Candidates who possess any type of Commercial Driver's License (CDL) will be given preference over those without a CDL

Be able to pass extensive criminal history background screening as required by state and federal rules for public school employees

Have a good driving record

Have the ability to successfully complete training provided by the employer to acquire a CDL

Participate in federally mandated drug and alcohol training

Participate in pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing

Regular availability to the employer on a daily split shift schedule during the hours of 6:00 – 9:00 A.M.

AND 2:00 – 5:00 P.M. preferred but will consider all applicants with daily availability for either shift.

Greatest need is PM shift. (Drivers are selected to fill regular route vacancies from the substitute driver pool).

Physical Requirements:

Climbing:  Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.  Body agility is emphasized.  This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.

Balancing:  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.  This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

Stooping:  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.  This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Kneeling:  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

Crouching:  Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Crawling:  Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

Reaching:  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing:  Remaining upright on the feet particularly for sustained periods of time.

Walking:   Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Pushing:  Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

Pulling:  Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Lifting:  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.  This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Fingering:  Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping:  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Feeling:  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Talking:  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Hearing:  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

The Forest Hills Public School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, or sexual orientation), marital status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally prohibited basis in its employment decisions or the provision of services.