What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bus Shop Technician position at Sumter County Schools?
Transportation - Technicians/Mechanics Work Schedule: 240
Organization: Operations - Transportation Retirement System: Level 1 PSERS
Levels 2-5 TRS
Reports to: Director of Transportation FLSA Status: NonExempt
Primary Function
To assist in the performance of prescribed jobs necessary for the maintenance of school transportation
Essential Duties
Preventive maintenance operations on all cars, trucks, vans and buses
Repair and diagnosis of engine, brake (including air, hydraulic and ABS),transmission, chassis, surveillance, wheel chair lift, electrical systems, electronic systems, tires and body system problems relative to school buses. Diagnostics are performed by conventional methods and by use of specialized equipment (such as a laptop computer).
Repairs are made using conventional hand tools, power tools, specialized tools and other machinery.
General repairs and maintenance of cars, trucks and vans.
Knowing and carrying out your specific duties.
Knowing and obeying the laws applying to your job.
Keeping records and making reports.
Helping new technicians learn their job.
Taking part in training programs.
Knowing, caring for and maintaining your assigned vehicles.
Operating your vehicle properly.
Maintain a current CDL license with the necessary endorsements for operating a school bus.
Transportation - Technicians
Essential Duties - Continued
At times, transport students on a bus (as a substitute bus driver, for evacuation purposes, etc.). When doing so, you will be required to adhere to the policies and procedures outlined in the bus driver’s
handbook that pertain to the transporting, loading and unloading of students (Appendix A, Sections 6-10).
Assign spare buses to drivers whose buses are out of service (this will include maintaining a record of which spare bus is assigned to which driver).
If you unlock a door to a storage area or to the shop, lock it back before you leave at the end of the workday.
Your shop work area should be in a clean and orderly state before you leave at the end of the workday. If you make a mess in some other area of the shop, clean it up.
Any valuables found on or in a vehicle should either be left where found or turned in to the transportation department secretary.
Tools should be cleaned, put away and your tool box locked before you leave at the end of the workday.
You are responsible for all tools assigned to you.
You are not to obtain tools from another technician’s toolbox without that technician’s (or the shop foreman’s) knowledge and consent.
You are responsible for the care and return of tools you borrow from the tool room or from someone else.
Keep an accurate record of work completed and materials used and the applicable inspection records.
Know, abide by and enforce school system policies.
Carry a phone for designated two-week periods for on-call/after hours service calls.
Make road service calls during regular work hours and at other times as necessary.
Direct the work of other skilled or semi-skilled staff.
Pay: $29,000.00 - $41,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Salary : $29,000 - $41,000