What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Dispatcher position at Educational Service Center of Central Ohio (ESCCO)?
Transportation Dispatcher-Transportation
One full-time Transportation Dispatcher to work 8hrs per day, Monday through Friday on a 261 day calendar. Responsible for arranging schedules and dispatching school buses to cover regular and cocurricular routes.
Qualifications:
Any combination of training and experience equivalent to the 12th school grade, three years of experience as a licensed motor vehicle operator, and three years of experience as a bus driver in a public school district.
One full-time Transportation Dispatcher to work 8hrs per day, Monday through Friday on a 261 day calendar. Responsible for arranging schedules and dispatching school buses to cover regular and cocurricular routes.
Qualifications:
Any combination of training and experience equivalent to the 12th school grade, three years of experience as a licensed motor vehicle operator, and three years of experience as a bus driver in a public school district.
- Must know the rules, regulations, procedures and laws as they relate to the operation of a passenger vehicle.
- Must be able to meet or exceed the annual state required physical examination.
- Must be able to pass drug and alcohol testing as required by law and district policies and procedures.
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Must possess a good driving record:
- No moving traffic violations within the past two years and not more than one moving violation within the past three
- No conviction of driving under the influence/or a controlled substance; railroad crossing violation; or individual 6 point conviction within the past 10 years
- Must maintain a good driving and criminal background that reflects a professional driver and which meets all contractual, local, state and federal requirements.
- Must have an overall presentation that is compatible with District expectations.
- Must possess a valid State of Ohio Commercial Driver’s License with School Bus Driver’s Endorsement.
- Must be at least 21 years of age or older.
- Receives calls for driver absences
- Assigns substitute bus drivers and unassigned drivers for route coverage
- Monitors the two-way radio communication when buses are on routes
- Communicates via the two-way radio to drivers who are on routes
- Resolves logistic problems for drivers while drivers are on a route
- Assists in emergency and break-down calls, accident procedures, and other immediate response issues
- Assists in coordination of routes for co-curricular activities and field trip assignments
- Assists in the daily maintenance of field trip lists
- Assists in entering route information into a computer
- Completes required forms
- Communicates with staff, students, administrators, and the public
- Maintains valid Ohio Commercial Driver’s License with school bus endorsement
- Serves as an emergency replacement for absent bus drivers
- Assists with inservice training for bus driving staff
- Attends inservice and training programs
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Skill and ability to organize bus driving routes
- Ability to develop alternative plans to resolve transportation issues
- Skill and ability to be clear and concise in oral communication
- Ability to understand and carry out written and oral instructions
- Ability to read and write
- Ability to communicate well with people
- Ability to be calm under stress
- Thorough knowledge of Ohio Bus Transportation Laws and Ohio Motor Vehicle Laws
- Considerable knowledge of the operation of basic bus mechanical equipment
- Skill in the operation of a passenger school bus
- Ability to read a map and follow road directions
- Ability to maintain insurability through district fleet policy
- Ability to use technology to complete daily and assigned tasks appropriate for the position
Salary : $27 - $34