Monitor/Aide

First Canada ULC; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 23,000 - 33,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Career advancement opportunities

Positive work environment

Job summary

First Student is now hiring a Monitor/Aide in Vancouver to provide operational oversight and assist drivers in ensuring a safe environment for passengers. This role involves loading, securing, and unloading wheelchairs, along with a variety of responsibilities that ensure the well-being of students.

The company prides itself on safety and customer service excellence. Join a team dedicated to transporting 5 million passengers daily and be part of a rewarding work environment with career

Qualifications

• Good verbal communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Early morning availability required.
• Judgement/problem solving skills needed.
• Ability to manage high degrees of stress.
• Must be able to load, secure and unload wheelchairs.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the welfare of passengers while in route.
• Communicate behavior problems and stop conditions with the driver.
• Assist in pre-trip and post-trip inspections of the bus.
• Aid students in loading and unloading.
• Cooperate with school personnel, students, and parents.
• Attend all safety and training meetings.
• Conduct emergency evacuations from the bus.
• Clean the inside of the bus.
• Assist driver in safely directing vehicle backwards.

Skills

Verbal communication

Attention to detail

Judgement/problem solving

Stress management

Early morning availability

Job description

Now Hiring Monitor/Aide At First Student

Our Monitors/Aides are a constant reflection of our company’s commitment to safety and customer service. The Monitor/Aide is responsible for providing operational oversight, day-to-day management, and assists drivers in safe operation of routes. This position requires you to load, secure and unload wheelchairs.

This position pays $20.15 per hour.

For this location we are only considering candidates who reside in the Vancouver area. For candidates who reside in Surrey, please submit an application to our Surrey posting.

At First Student, we are proud to offer:

• Tremendous Career Advancement Opportunities due to a strong presence across North America
• Positive and rewarding work environment

Monitor/Aide Responsibilities

• Knows the route and remains alert to monitor the welfare of passengers while in route
• Communicates behavior problems and conditions of various stops with the driver
• Assists in pre-trip and post-trip inspections of the bus
• Assists students in the loading and unloading process
• Cooperates and communicates with school personnel, students, and parents
• Attends all safety and training meetings
• Conducts emergency evacuation from the bus, including use of exiting by emergency door
• Opens and closes service doors and moves up and down steps multiple times daily
• Cleans the inside of the bus
• Assists driver when necessary to safely direct the vehicle backwards

Monitor/Aide Required Experience and Skills

• Good verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Early morning availability
• Judgement/problem solving skills
• Ability to manage high degrees of stress
• This position requires you to load, secure and unload wheelchairs.

First Student’s commitment to putting our customers first, dedication to safety, and an ambition to deliver dependable transportation makes for a working environment you’ll love. As a huge company with 120,000 staff and over 2.5 billion customers worldwide, you’ll also enjoy security, a brilliant future, and excellent training.

First for a reason

At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

MISSION

Provide unmatched care and the safest ride to school, so when students arrive, they start and end their day with an exceptional experience and are ready to achieve their full potential.

FOCUS ON SAFETY

Safety is at the heart of everything we do.

CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS

Ensure our vehicles are welcoming and trusted places where students feel comfortable and secure.

SURPASS CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS

Go the extra mile to deliver an extraordinary experience for our customers and communities.

FOSTER TEAMWORK

Work together, act with integrity, respect each other, champion diversity and inclusion.

SET THE HIGHEST STANDARDS

Continually seek a better way to do things with innovation, sustainable practices, financial discipline, commercial excellence, and operational excellence.