School Bus Driver Trainer jobs

Fountain; Palm Springs (CA); On-site; USD 42,374 - 51,191; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K plan

Job summary

A leading transportation company is seeking a skilled School Bus Driver Trainer in Palm Springs. The role involves training drivers, ensuring compliance with regulations, and maintaining safety protocols. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience and necessary certifications. Join us to foster a safe transportation environment for students.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience as a school bus driver.
• Knowledge of state and federal regulations related to student transportation.
• Experience in training and evaluating school bus drivers.

Responsibilities

• Train new and existing bus drivers, ensuring compliance.
• Provide classroom and behind-the-wheel training.
• Develop and conduct safety meetings.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

CDL with Passenger and School Bus endorsement

First Aid/CPR Certification

Job description

School Bus Driver Trainer (CDL) - Palm Springs Address Palm Springs, CA, USA Compensation $30.76 - $37.16/hour

Job Description

Zum is seeking a skilled and experienced Driver Trainer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for training new and existing bus drivers, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations, and maintaining a safe transportation environment for our students.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive a school bus on designated routes
• Proactively recruit individuals to apply and train them to become School Bus Drivers
• Provide classroom instruction and behind the wheel training of applicants and bus drivers to ensure successful completion of training and testing; recommend upgrades as necessary
• Provide ongoing training and performance evaluations for all driver employees
• Administer and maintain Company random drug/alcohol testing and pre-employment drug/alcohol testing program in conjunction with the corporate office
• Develop and conduct regularly scheduled driver safety meetings
• Assume primary responsibility in responding to personal injury and vehicle accidents by on-scene investigation and preparing and submitting reports to the corporate office in accordance with Company policy.
• Investigate customer service complaints relative to safety issues and take appropriate corrective action.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 3years experience as a school bus driver
• Possessall valid applicable state licenses and other required certifications to operate company vehicles
• Possessall valid applicable state licenses and other required certifications to train and evaluate school bus driver
• Thorough knowledge of state and federal regulations related to student transportation
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and record-keeping abilities

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with Passenger (P) and School Bus (S)endorsement
• Valid CA School Bus Driver Certificate-DL45(required)
• Valid CATrainer Certification (required)
• First Aid/CPRCertification (preferred)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K plan

Zum Services, Inc. and all its subsidiaries provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employmentandprohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion,age,sex, national origin, disability status,genetics,protected veteran status,sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,or any other characteristic protected byfederal, state or locallaws.

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