Job Opportunity: Bus Driver - Ensuring Child Safety Are you passionate about ensuring the safe and efficient transportation of children and their families? Join us as a Bus Driver, operating under the supervision of our Lead Bus Driver. This role is dedicated to maintaining a clean and safe vehicle while transporting children and parents/families to program activities, homes, and field trips.
Key Responsibilities:
- Annual Review and Training: Participate in an annual review, including onboard observation of your road performance by a State Certified School Bus Instructor.
- Attend a combination of annual classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training to ensure: Safe and efficient vehicle operation.
- Proficiency in running a fixed route, including loading, and unloading children, stopping at railroad crossings, and performing other specialized driving maneuvers.
- Basic first aid administration in case of injury.
- Emergency procedures, including vehicle evacuation.
- Operation of special equipment like wheelchair lifts and restraints.
- Driving the Route: Assist the Bus Aide in ensuring the safety and well-being of children.
- Follow the safest and most efficient assigned route, as determined by the Lead Bus Driver, the Transportation & Facilities Manager, and the Area Manager.
- Maintain the route schedule and inform parents of stop locations and times.
- Ensure children are properly restrained before starting the bus engine in the afternoon.
- Ensure that children are released only to authorized individuals.
- Safely load and unload children as per Centro's Transportation Manual.
- Vehicle Maintenance: Monitor and maintain all vehicle fluid levels.
- Keep the vehicle interiors clean.
- Clean the vehicle exterior as weather allows.
- Other
Duties:
Provide support for center-level Parent Night’s by offering transportation or other assistance as assigned. Perform a daily playground health and safety checklist when assigned by the Lead Bus Driver.
