driver, motor coach

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
• or equivalent experience

Work setting

• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Willing to relocate

Tasks

• Provide passengers with information on fares, schedules and stops
• Report delays, mechanical problems and accidents
• Direct passengers during emergency evacuation procedures
• Deal with public
• Complete logbooks and reports
• Deal with difficult passengers and resolve conflicts
• Communicate with passengers, dispatchers or other drivers using two-way radio systems
• Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
• Class 2/2F/C Licence (buses with more than passengers)
• Air Brake (Z) Endorsement
• Driver's Licence (Class 2 or B or C)

Type of experience

• Intercity bus driver
• Tour and charter bus driver
• Buses

Transportation/travel experience

• Local
• National
• Provincial/territorial

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Drug test

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Sitting
• Work under pressure

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Uniform

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Workplace information

• On the road job