Overview
Bus Driver Jobs in La Grange, KY at Oldham County Schools
Title: Bus Driver
Company: Oldham County Schools
Location: La Grange, KY
OLDHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 1014.041 – AR
JOB DESCRIPTION: TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BUS DRIVER
Qualifications
- High School Diploma/Equivalent
- Twenty-one years of age
- Current driver’s license, valid in Kentucky
- Physical examination – Board-appointed physician
- Pre-employment drug and alcohol screening
- Criminal record check
- Driving history check
- No drug or alcohol convictions within the last five years.
- Commercial Driver’s License (CDL); Class B; Endorsements: Passenger (P) & School Bus (S)
- Able to push, pull and lift 45 lbs. and bend at the waist, kneel and lift hands over head
REPORTS TO: Transportation Director
JOB GOAL: To provide safe and efficient transportation so that students may enjoy the fullest possible advantage from the district's curriculum and extracurricular programs.
Performance Responsibilities
Incorporated by reference: 702 KAR 5:080
- Obeys all traffic laws.
- Observes all mandatory safety regulations for school buses.
- Maintains discipline when students are on bus.
- Reports undisciplined students to the proper authority.
- Keeps assigned bus clean.
- Follows bus route schedules as designed by route manager.
- Checks bus before each operation for mechanical defects and completes post-trip check at end of each route to insure no students or belongings remain on the bus.
- Notifies the proper authority in case of mechanical failure or lateness.
- Stops bus to load or unload students at designated bus stop only.
- Exercises responsible leadership when on out-of-district school trips.
- Transports only authorized students.
- Reports all accidents and completes required reports.
- Enforces regulations against eating and using tobacco products on the bus.
- Attends work regularly and on time. Notifies transportation office well in advance of official on-duty time before being absent.
- Follows all board policies and administrative regulations.
- Uses bus radio in accordance to FCC regulations.
- Completes all other task as assigned by supervisor.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Compensation will be determined by the Superintendent based on the number of contract days and appropriate board-approved salary schedule.
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Revised: September, 1991
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