bus driver

Additional Information

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 20 to 40 hours per week
• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: Will train

Work setting

• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Willing to relocate

Tasks

• Operate buses, school busses or streetcars to transport passengers
• Provide passengers with information on fares, schedules and stops
• Collect fares and record transactions
• Report delays, mechanical problems and accidents
• Direct passengers during emergency evacuation procedures
• Operate para-transit vehicles
• Ensure para-transit passengers board vehicle safely
• 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
• Ensure children's safety when boarding and leaving buses and crossing street while bus is stopped
• Maintain control of student activities during travel to prevent distractions or behaviours that could compromise safety
• Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Class 4/4F/F/4A-B-C Licence (ambulances, emergency vehicles and buses with fewer than 24 passengers)
• First Aid Certificate

Type of experience

• School bus driver
• Intercity bus driver
• Tour and charter bus driver
• Para-transit driver
• Buses

Transportation/travel experience

• Local
• Provincial/territorial

Security and safety

• Adult Abuse Registry check
• Child Abuse Registry check
• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Medical exam

Transportation/travel information

• Driver's abstract
• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Attention to detail
• Sitting

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available for the advertised start date?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Workplace information

• On the road job

Other benefits

• Parking available
• Variable or compressed work week