Coordinate vehicle maintenance and mechanical repairs; contact
outside repair companies as needed.
Inspect college vehicles prior to operation for safety
purposes; clean windshields and headlights; clean the interior and
exterior of college vehicles including picking up debris, sweeping
floor and wiping upholstery; service college vehicles with fuel and
oil.
Inspect vehicles for compliance with state regulations
including emissions; maintain all fuel and mileage inspection
records for college vehicles; maintain daily inspection records for
college vehicles.
Maintain appropriate behavior among passengers on buses; follow
College policies regarding student control and contact with the
public.
Maintain schedules of transportation needs for various College
events.
Perform related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
Knowledge of:
- The California Motor Vehicle Code and the Education Code that
apply to the operation of vehicles transporting passengers.
- Safety regulations and safe work practices including safe bus
driving procedures and operations.
- Pertinent Federal, State and local laws, codes and
regulations.
- Basic first aid practices, procedures and techniques.
- Customer service skills.
Ability to:-
- Operate assigned buses and vehicles safely and
effectively.
- Coordinate and a variety of repairs and preventive maintenance
on assigned vehicles.
- Inspect assigned vehicles for safety.
- Maintain a variety of files and records.
- Recognize malfunctions in equipment and report them to campus
mechanic for appropriate action.
- Exhibit patience in challenging situations.
- Assure that assigned vehicles are maintained in clean and safe
operating condition.
- Read and interpret area maps.
- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in
writing.
- Maintain physical conditioning for the safe operation of a bus;
frequent to continuous sitting.
- Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working
relationships with all employees and others encountered in the
course of work.
- Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse
academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity,
sexual orientation, linguistic, and ethnic backgrounds and
disabilities of community college students and staff as
demonstrated by skills and abilities in cultural responsiveness and
cultural humility.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Any combination of
experience and training that would provide the required knowledge
and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required
knowledge and abilities would be:
Education:
High school diploma or the
equivalent.
Experience:
One year of bus operation
experience.
OTHER CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, OR SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:
- Possession of or ability to obtain an appropriate, valid Class
B, California Motor Vehicle Operator’s license, with passenger
endorsement by the time of appointment.
- Possession of a valid Commercial Vehicle Driver’s Certificate,
issued by the California Highway Patrol including a valid First Aid
Certificate.
- Possession of an unrestricted State Department of Education
Driver Instructor Certificate.
Supplemental Information
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Consistent with its obligations
under the law, the San Joaquin Delta College will provide
reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who
requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of their
job.
Physical Demands:
Incumbents are required to maintain
physical conditioning to ensure the safe operation of a bus;
sitting on a frequent to continuous basis; frequently getting up
and down.
Work Environment:
School Bus environment. May be
exposed to loud noise levels, vibration, confining workspace,
chemicals, dust, paint fumes, mechanical and electrical hazards,
grease, oils, solvents, machinery with extremely hot surfaces and
moving parts, moving objects or other vehicles, as well as cold and
hot temperature.
Hazards:
While operating buses, work involves heavy
traffic conditions, traffic hazards, varying weather conditions,
and students who may exhibit unruly behavior.
Note: This position is a Part-Time position up to 20 hours a
week.