Special Needs Bus Driver
About the Employer
Job Summary
Supervise students on bus, maintain time frame, safeguard equipment and transport students to and from school on time and safely.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of 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.
Essential Duties
• Keep accurate records, time sheets and mileage reports, etc.
• Control students in a firm and safe atmosphere creating the least discipline problems possible.
• Cooperate with investigations of liability of accidents involving state owned school buses transporting students to and from public schools in Horry County.
• Assist with details pertaining to pupil insurance coverage.
• Establish and maintain a workable relationship with students and parents.
• Keep equipment clean inside and outside.
• Drive bus safely maintaining state and county guidelines.
Must meet the NCLB requirements for a paraprofessional which includes one of the following
• Minimum of 60 college credit hours or an Associate’s degree or Paraprofessional certificate (earned by scoring a minimum of 456 on the exam).
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: Additional physical requirements include: Specific vision requirements include: Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time;
• Stand and reach with hands and arms and pull the emergency brake;
• Walk;
• Sit;
• Stoop or kneel;
• Crouch or crawl.
• Physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 125 pounds;
• Must be able to exit through the rear emergency exit of the bus;
• Must be able to drag 125 pounds 30 feet in 30 seconds;
• Must be able to go up and down the school bus steps rapidly three times;
• Must be able to hold the brake pedal down for sixty (60) seconds;
• Must be able to alternate quickly between the throttle and the service brake;
• Must be able to open and close a manually operated bus service door.
• Close vision,
• Distance vision,
• Color vision,
• Peripheral vision,
• Depth perception, and the ability to focus;
• Manual dexterity for the purpose of using a telephone and data entry;
• Read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids;
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone;
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.
Pay Grade: Support Staff Bus Driver Salary Scale
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator or supervisor. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time without prior notice.