Bus Driver Trainer (40 Hrs)

Bus Driver Trainer (40 Hrs) JobID: 5955

Position Type

Transportation

Date Posted

7/31/2025

Location

Transportation

Date Available

08/11/2025

Closing Date

Until Filled

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Primary Job Functions: The primary function of a Bus Driver Trainer is to train all new bus drivers and bus monitors. As a Bus Driver Trainer, punctuality, dependability, and the ability to be through are all desired qualities. This position will require maintaining a high level of confidentiality and attention to detail, ensuring that all corporation policies and procedures are followed, and all applicable local, state, and federal regulations are upheld.

Salary Lane: ADMNC - Hourly pay starting at $22.00.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Assigned Workday Calendar: Full Year-Round

Job Status: Full-Time - 40 Hours per Week

Schedule: Monday - Friday: Schedule is fluid, based on needs.

Benefits: Full-time positions are eligible for medical, dental insurance as well as supplemental benefits such as vision, life insurance, disability, etc. Eligible for PERF Retirement.

Paid Time Off Benefits: Eligible

Holiday Pay: Eligible

Qualifications

• Education: High school education or equivalent is required. Advanced training is preferred.
• Certification: Must hold a Class B Commercial Driver's License with a P&S Endorsement and an Indiana State School Bus Committee Standard Certificate (yellow card.) Special Bus Certificate which requires a current medical certificate Employee must provide a printout of a current driving record from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
• Experience: Two years of driving experience as a bus driver and knowledge of radio communication is required. Previous experience in training is an additional preferred qualification. Experience with FMCSA Clearinghouse is preferred.
• Skills and Knowledge: Employee should have knowledge of working with students with special transportation needs, including preschool aged students. Efficient filing and record keeping is a needed skill to effectively hold this position.
• Other: Ability to maintain a positive relationship with pupils, staff, parents, and the community.
  
  

Essential Functions

• Ability to work on a variety of tasks simultaneously with frequent interruptions.
• Interacting with staff and others in an open and friendly business-like manner.
• Utilization of a computer for a wide variety of applications.
• Following regulations pertaining to the safe operations of busses and school equipment.
• Coordinate and evaluate the district's bus driving program.
• Consulting with Indiana school pupil safety officer/coordinators regarding driver applicant testing results and bus driver accident evaluations.
• Conduct post-accident investigations of all school bus accidents.
• Interview and evaluate driver-aide applicants, recommending qualified applicants for employment.
• Train successful applicants requesting driver/aide certification for the district.
• Responsibility of complete DOT onboarding process.
• Onboarding DOT process to annual review of yellow card, drug testing of drivers/aides, verification that physicals are current, administer bi-annual physical standards testing, keep all driver/aide records current regarding license/testing renewals, follow up on accidents, DOE reporting of accidents and any other DOE infractions regarding drivers, aides, and yellow and white fleet.
• Maintaining required records and written reports.
• Participate with local instructor groups to exchange information related to passenger transportation safety and training.
• Oversee "NO Instructions Limitations" or "NO Equipment Limitations."
• Keep current Department of Education (DOE) School Bus Driver Instructor's Certificate.
• Updating driver training manuals and material related to passenger transportation.
• Ability to direct, compose and instruct monthly classes relevant to ongoing training for bus drivers and bus monitors.
• Operating a GPS navigation system.
• Must be able to drive routes as needed.
• Be informed of all the workings of Tyler Tech, Versatrans, and GPS.
• Participate in professional development, as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
  
  

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally 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 the ability to focus.

Avon Community School Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. The Avon Community School Corporation also does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices.

This notice is provided as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Questions, complaints, or requests for additional information regarding these laws may be forwarded to the designated compliance coordinator.

Ms. Kristin Williams

Director of Human Resources

7203 E. US Highway 36

Avon, IN 46123

(317) 544-6000