• Grand Coulee Dam School District

  110 Stevens Ave

  Coulee Dam, WA 99116

   

  JOB DESCRIPTION

  Bus Driver

   

   

  Department:       Transportation

  UNION EXEMPT:  No                     

  REPORTS TO:      Transportation Supervisor

  WORK DAYS:       4 days per week; except for non-school days; 160 days per year; 4.5 hours per day.

   

   

  Position Summary

  Responsible for providing safe transportation for students between pick up/drop off points and school.  The driver maintains order during trips and must adhere to all safety rules when loading and unloading pupils.

   

  DUTIES:

  • Drives a bus on assigned routes in a legal and safe manner.
  • Drivers will also be working with building principals in the area of discipline
  • Instructs students and teachers in emergency bus evacuation procedures.
  • Conducts emergency bus evacuation drills.
  • Instructs students in proper bus conduct.
  • Reports misconduct on bus through established district procedures.
  • Conducts pre-trip and post-trip bus inspection to insure all parts are operating and the bus is safe.
  • Fuels bus as needed.
  • Cleans the interior of the bus daily
  • Cleans the exterior of bus as needed.
  • Completes daily log forms and other required paper work accurately and promptly.
  • Report all bus mechanical deficiencies to the mechanic
  • Other related duties as assigned.

   

  Qualification Requirements: 

  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

   

  LANGUAGE SKILLS:

  Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and

  correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees or organizations.

   

  MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

  Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions,

  proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

   

  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.

   

  PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 

  The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to                

  successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

   

  While performing the duties of this job, the employee may need to stand, sit, and walk and is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee frequently is required to stand, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

   

  Work Environment: 

  The work environment characteristics described here are representative or those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

   

  While performing the duties of this job, the employee requires organizational skills, concentration, creativity, adaptability, working independently, with frequent interruptions.

   

  The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.

   

  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

   

  EDUCATION:

          High School diploma or equivalent

   

  REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

  Valid Washington State driver’s license with/or the ability to obtain:

  1. Class B CDL and passenger/school bus and air brake endorsements.
  2. School Bus Driver Authorization.
  3. CPR and First Aid Certification
  4. Medical Examiner’s Certificate
  5. School Bus Driver Physical Certification

   

  Mandatory Conditions of Employment:

   

  Successful clearance of the FBI and Washington State Patrol fingerprint background check.

  Successful Washington State Sexual Misconduct clearance.

  Completion of Federal I-9, Employment Verification Eligibility form.

 

This position is SEBB eligible for medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.

This Position is Retirement eligible through DRS.

This Position has paid holidays, sick leave, personal days