Bus Operator - G121 - Part Time
Company: Government jobs
Location: Columbus
Posted on: January 21, 2023
Job Description:
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepares the bus for safe operation; performs pre-trip
inspection - performs safety prevention checklist daily- interior
and exterior of the bus. Drives
- Boards and inspects passengers
- Drives bus and maintains route schedule; monitors fare box ,
passes and identifications for the purpose of assuring accurate
fare amounts
- Operates essential equipment
- Assists passengers with disabilities; operates a wheelchair
lift; secures wheelchairs and passengers; assists passengers in
distress; notifies dispatcher of bus location and symptoms of
passengers in distress
- Perform duties required by the Office of Homeland Security,
assisting customers in safe evacuation from the bus; observing,
determining, and reporting activities packages and substances that
are suspicious or out-of-place; ability to use a commonsense
approach when faced with various emergency situations to ensure
public/passenger safety and proper bus operation
- Provides information and directional assistance. Accesses
revenue readings for surveys; provides input on route
adjustments
- Operates a radio; reports accidents and emergency situations
when en route; assists 911 by reporting inoperative traffic
lights
- Participates in random and mandatory drug and alcohol
testing
- Attends annual driver refresher training; attends courses in
defensive driving as needed
- Notifies dispatcher and obtains necessary repairs and
maintenance work at each turn-around point; secures bus in case of
accident or engine malfunction; directs traffic around bus as
needed
- Opens the Transfer Center daily; checks employees as they come
in; issues buses; handles incoming calls; provides information
about routes; manages bus schedules; prepares mileage reports and
surveys; maintains a log of daily activities; prepares requests for
charters; sells swipe cards; drives charters for special tours
- Performs the duties of the supervisor in his or her absence and
needed
- Performs other related duties as assigned Knowledge, Skills and
Abilities
- Knowledge of the skills necessary for the possession of a
commercial driver's license.
- Knowledge of first aid techniques and procedures.
- Knowledge of city streets and bus routes. Knowledge of safety
precautions.
- Skill in the operation of a bus and other essential
equipment.
- Skill in the operation of standard office equipment.
- Skill in oral and written communication. Minimum Educational
and Training Requirements
Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the
completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in
addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school
education. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles
relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated
with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a
similar position for one to two years. Must possess a valid
Commercial; Driver's License. Physical Requirements
The work is typically performed while sitting for prolonged periods
of time in a driver's seat and/or at a keyboard. The employee must
have the ability to: lift up to twenty-five (25) pounds; push an
occupied standard wheelchair with weight capacity per ADA standards
(600 pounds); open emergency hatch on top of bus; manually lift bus
ramp if needed; open emergency exit windows; walk around and
inspect vehicle. Additionally, the following physical abilities are
required:
- Balancing - maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while
walking, standing, or crouching.
- Crawling - moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.
- Crouching - bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
- Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin,
fingertips.
- Grasping - applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
- Handling - picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
- Hearing 1 - perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels,
receive information.
- Hearing 2 - receive detailed information, make discrimination
in sound.
- Kneeling - bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
- Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position, moving
objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
- Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching, typing, working with
fingers rather than hand.
- Mental Acuity - ability to make rational decisions through
sound logic, deductive reasoning.
- Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or
tug.
- Pushing - use upper extremities to press against objects with
force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
- Reaching - extending hands or arms in any direction.
- Repetitive Motion - substantial movements of wrists, hands,
fingers.
- Speaking - expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed,
important instructions accurately, concisely.
- Stooping - bending body downward, forward at waist, with full
motion of lower extremities and back.
- Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word
- Talking 2 - shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
- Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer
terminal, extensive reading.
- Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of
vision.
- Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe
facilities/structures.
- Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
- Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
- Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects,
machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
- Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site
to site.
The work is typically performed in an office, library, computer
room, or outdoors where the employee may be exposed to noise, dust,
dirt, grease, fumes, machinery with moving parts, contagious or
infectious diseases, irritating chemicals, hot, cold or inclement
weather.
There are no benefits associated with this position.
01 In the past two years have you applied for safety-sensitive
transportation work covered by DOT agency drug and alcohol testing
rules?
- Yes
- No
02 If yes, did you take a pre-employment drug or alcohol test and
was not hired?
- Yes
- No
- N/A
03 If yes, did you test positive, or refuse to take the
pre-employment drug or alcohol test?
- Yes
- No
- N/A
04 Which best describes your level of education?
- No High School Diploma
- GED
- High School Diploma
- Technical College
- Some College
- Associate's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
- Doctorate's Degree
05 Do you possess a Valid Commercial Driver's License or a
Commercial Driver's License Permit?
- Yes
- No
06 Which of the following best describes your level of Commerical
Driver's License?
- Class A - CDL
- Class B - CDL
- Class Permitt
- Other
- None of the above
07 If you answered "other" to the above question, please specify
type of Commercial Driver's License. If you answered "no" just type
in N/A.
08 Which of the following best describes your Commercial Driver's
License Endorsement?
- Hazmat
- Passenger
- Tanker
- Combination of Tanker/Hazmat
- Double/Triple Trailers
- Permit Only
- Other
- None of the above
09 If you answered "other" to the above question, please specify
type of endorsement. If you did not answer "other" just type in
N/A.
10 How many years of Commercial Driving experience do you have?
- None
- 0 - 1 year
- 1 - 3 years
- 3 - 5 years
- 5 years or more
* Required Question
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