BUS OPERATOR
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
1. High school diploma or GED; supplemented by five (5) to eleven (11) months
previous experience and/or training involving driving a passenger vehicle; or an
equivalent combination of education, training, and experience (In-lieu of high
school diploma or GED, applicants shall sign an agreement to obtain a GED
within two (2) years of initial employment).
2. Hold a valid Florida Commercial Driver’s License, Class B (or higher), with school
bus and passenger endorsement.
3. Successful completion of approved training course for school bus operators.
4. Demonstrate the following aptitudes and abilities:
LANGUAGE SKILLS – Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short
correspondence and memoranda. Ability to write simple reports. Ability to
effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to
students, parents, and other employees of the organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS – Ability to perform addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division.
REASONING ABILITY – Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a
variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization
exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral,
diagram, or schedule form and perform semi-routine standardized work with
some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action. Ability to
exercise the judgment required in situations characterized by repetitive or short
cycle operations covered by set procedures or sequences.
5. Successful completion, as determined by a School Board approved physician, of
a Florida School Bus Operators Medical Examination Report for Commercial
Driver Fitness Determination.
6. Physical ability to perform tasks that involve the ability to exert moderate, though
not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of climbing and
balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and which may involve
some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate
weight (15-25 pounds).
7. Physical ability to perform highly skilled coordinated movements.
8. Physical ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds,
and depths. Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination, as well as
oral communications ability.
9. Physical ability to safely operate school bus during exposure to adverse
environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity,
rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, traffic
hazards, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
10.Physical ability to inspect the bus daily, to include checking the brake system and
the engine compartment (belts, hoses and fluid levels), the emergency doors,
windows and hatches.
11.Physical ability to operate the service doors and open and close windows.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $17.85 per hour

Day range:

• Monday to Friday

Experience level:

• No experience needed

Shift:

• Day shift
• Morning shift
• Split shift

Work Location: Multiple locations