at Universal Transportation Company in Clayton, Delaware, United States
Job Description
Basic Functions: Assists the Driver on any type and size of school bus that may be operated by
the Company for the transportation of passengers on regularly scheduled routes.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Regular attendance is an essential function of the position.
• Report to work as scheduled or before in order to prepare the bus and start the route
on time regardless of weather conditions.
• Meet the requirements of the regular daily bus route for the purpose of transporting
children to and from school in a safe and timely fashion.
• Assist in the operation of assigned school buses on assigned trips in accordance with
printed trip schedules and in accordance with specified stop, sequence, and time
schedules.
• Complete safety and operational check of the school bus and any special equipment
before all trips. Report any malfunctions concerning the bus and/or special equipment.
• Boards, transports, and discharges passengers.
• Assists the Bus Driver in maintaining good student conduct on the bus.
• Responsibility to maintain and rigidly adhere to the bus route schedule for both pickup
and return home.
• Assists disabled students in getting on and off the bus.
• Assures that students get on and off the bus in an orderly fashion.
• Inspects transportation passes to prevent unauthorized travel.
• May lift handicapped passengers and assist passengers into and out of bus as required
by Transportation Department policy and procedure.
• May operate a mechanized wheelchair lift.
• Ensure that students and equipment are safely fastened in seats, when necessary.
• Maintains and updates current student and trip routes.
• Responsibility to report any hazardous conditions observed along the scheduled bus
route and route deviations.
• Monitors the operational condition and safety of vehicle accessories of assigned buses
on a daily basis and reports discrepancies to initiate corrective actions, i.e. seatbelts,
fluid kits, first aid kits, etc.
May monitor, conduct, and respond to communications with the Transportation
Operations staff via two-radio.
• Maintains effective professional working relationships with pupils, parents, and district
staff.
• Responsibility to be courteous, pleasant and demonstrate respect for all students,
school personnel, parents and the general motoring public.
• Be fair and firm with discipline of your passengers and be mindful of the safety of
student riders when they are approaching, entering, riding and leaving the bus.
• Enforces district policy and procedure in maintaining discipline on buses.
• Knowledge of rules pertaining to the transportation of school children with
responsibility to advise the students on the bus of the rules and the infractions.
• Renders first aid to passengers on an emergency basis.
• Maintains working knowledge of and complies with laws and regulations pertaining to
pupil transportation.
• Maintains cleanliness of windows and interior of bus on a daily basis; may include wash
bus exterior.
• Complete safety and operational check of the school bus and any special equipment
before all trips with Bus Driver.
• Responsible for accurate completion and submission of any paperwork necessary for the
transportation operation including, but not limited to, repair tickets, emergency
evacuation forms, accident reports, incident reports, student counts, Bus Conduct
Reports, Employee Time Sheets, and benefits information.
• Ensures familiarity with assigned trips before transporting passengers; may dry-run new
trips.
• Periodically participates in mandated meetings and in-service programs during
traditional and non-traditional workdays and work hours as required by the
department.
• Maintains and supports standards of personal conduct and discipline in accordance with
the current discipline policy approved by the Board of Education.
• Follow all State and Federal rules and regulations. Adherence to the procedures,
policies, and practices presented in the “School Bus Drivers’/Aides’ Handbook.”
• Responsibility to immediately report unusual incidents or events and to follow the
directions provided by the Dispatcher.
• Performs other duties reasonably related to the Bus Attendant position.
