What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bus Rider (24-25SY) position at Henderson County Schools?
LOCATION/DEPT: Assigned School/Transportation
REPORTS TO: Principal/Transportation Planner
FLSA Status: Non Exempt
Start Date: 1/06/2025; Permanent Part Time with Partial Benefits (Leave Only Pro Rata)
10 month, 4.3 hours per day (21.5 hours per week)
NOTE: First Pay Day is 2/28/2025
Position Summary:
An employee in this class monitors student behavior and attends to the special needs of exceptional students while they are using school buses. The employee receives detailed instruction of the duties and responsibilities of this work. Independent judgment is exercised in emergencies by selecting the action to take from ones that have been planned by higher authority. Improper use of special equipment for exceptional students could result in injury to those students. The employee serves under the direct supervision of the principal.
Education and Experience:
High school diploma or GED and minimal experience that demonstrates the qualifications to perform the job satisfactorily.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Helps exceptional students in manipulating equipment they must use on the bus and entering and exiting
- Seats students in their assigned location. Monitors students' behavior.
- Reports problems and concerns of students to the designated authority.
- Intervenes between students having conflict.
Essential Duties:
- Skill in lifting and placing students comfortably.
- Skill in accurately operating and adjusting the special equipment. Ability to learn and remember the bus route.
- Ability to understand the individual needs of exceptional students
Physical Requirements:
- This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force.
- Work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, repetitive motions and occasionally requires standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling and lifting.
Special Requirements:
- Must be 18 years of age.
- Applicable training will be provided.
- Pre-employment Criminal check is required
- Health Certificate
Disclaimer:
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.
