Bus Driver Positions

Jeffco Public Schools; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Jeffco Public Schools is seeking school bus drivers to transport students to and from school, safeguarding the district's most precious resource. The role requires extensive pre-employment screening, training, and compliance with federal and state requirements.

Training includes more than 80 hours, physical exams, driving a seven- to ten-times longer vehicle, and ongoing in-service education to ensure safe student transportation.

Qualifications

• Pre-employment screening including fingerprinting and background checks.
• Over 80 hours of training to assess response to stress and child psychology.
• Rigid physical examinations and federal hearing/vision requirements.

Skills

Background checks

Fingerprinting

Extensive training

Physical exams

Job description

"School bus drivers are the people who transport children to their future."

School bus drivers are the people who transport our most precious resource, our students. They are subjected to pre-employment screening that includes fingerprinting, references attesting to moral character, and state and federal government background checks. They go through over 80 hours of training to determine how the driver responds to stress, child psychology and other variables in the workplace and behind the wheel.

School bus drivers must experience rigid physical examinations and meet federal hearing, vision and agility requirements. Blood pressure, pulse, weight, knee jerks, and urinalysis must conform to established standards. School bus drivers must undergo a biennial physical, an annual review of their driving record, an annual road test of their driving ability and a minimum of six hours of in-service education annually.

If physically and mentally qualified, school bus drivers must then be prepared to learn how to drive a vehicle that could be seven to ten times longer than today's compact car, weigh as much as thirteen elephants, and hold the equivalent of three 20-man football squads. School bus drivers drive in all kinds of weather.

After learning to drive this special vehicle they are trained in advanced first aid, CPR, pupil behavior management, hazard detection and response, transporting children with special needs, emergency driving techniques, public relations and policies as well as preventive maintenance and vehicle inspections.

A school bus driver is a member of the best-screened, best-qualified and best-trained profession associated with the motor transport industry in the country. They are members of the motor transport industry that possesses the safest transportation record in the world.

The Jeffco Training Center is located behind the small brick building on the east side of the stadium parking lot at West 6th Ave. and Kipling St. in Lakewood, CO.

Contact the appropriate terminal for training information