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Job Specification

 BUS DRIVER

  DEFINITION

  Under direction of a supervisor in a State Department or Agency,
  operates a light duty passenger bus; carries out pickup and/or 
  delivery of passenger assignments; does related work as required.

  EXAMPLES OF WORK

  Operates and maintains a bus used for the transporting of patients
  residents, students, and other passengers to their destination.

  Makes special or routine trips to deliver employees, patients,
  students, and other passengers.

  Makes minor repairs and adjustments to bus assigned to operate.

  Assists with the loading and unloading of patients, inmates, and
  residents as required.

  Sees that the bus is properly maintained and serviced in good
  working order.

  Prepares factual reports and keeps simple records.

  May be required to engage in lifting clients when working in a
  setting which provides direct services to clients who are nonambulant,
  or who are semiambulant and/or have severe physical handicaps.

  Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic
  and/or manual recording and computerized information system 
  used by the agency, office, or related units.

  REQUIREMENTS:

  EXPERIENCE:

  One (1) year of experience as a licensed operator of a motor vehicle.

  NOTE: Ability to physically lift, move, and position clients
  as needed.

  LICENSE:

  Appointees will be required to possess a valid New Jersey 
  Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and passenger edorsement for 
  the class and type of vehicle to be operated, issued by the New Jersey 
  Motor Vehicle Commssion.
  
  KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

  Knowledge of the proper methods of operating a bus.

  Knowledge of highway safety principles and of state and
  municipal traffic laws and regulations.

  Knowledge of the principal parts of a bus, of the common
  indications of their malfunction and of the proper methods of
  preventive maintenance.

  Knowledge of minor repair procedures which can be done 
  without recourse to the repair shop.

  Ability to assist with the loading and unloading of patients,
  inmates, and residents as required.

  Ability to drive a modern bus under varying road, traffic, and
  weather conditions.

  Ability to understand, remember, and carry out oral and
  written directions.

  Ability to make minor adjustments and repairs to bus, to
  change and repair tires tubes, to check and replenish gasoline, 
  oil, and radiator and battery water, and to keep the vehicle in clean 
  and safe running condition and available for immediate use.

  Ability to make periodic safety checks of the bus being
  operated, to check the function of the brakes, condition of tires,
  exhaust system, drive train, suspension, lights, wipers, horn, exit
  doors, and allied equipment.

  Ability to keep simple records and perform basic clerical duties.

  Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or
  manual recording and information systems used by the agency, 
  office, or related units.

  Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in
  English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.  American
  Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable 
  forms of communication.

  Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long
  as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without
  reasonable accommodation.  If the accommodation cannot be 
  made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, 
  such persons may not be eligible.

  This job specification is applicable to the following title code:
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20145SN4008N/AO09-

This job specification is for state government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.

4/24/2010