Special Needs School Bus Driver (Myrtle Beach Area)

Must provide 10 year driving record and proof or paraprofessional requirements


Job Title: Special Needs School Bus Driver
Supervisor: Special Needs Bus Supervisor, Bus Supervisor at area High School, High School Principal or Designated person
Terms of Employment: 180 days
Job Summary:
Supervise students on bus, maintain time frame, safeguard equipment and transport students to and from school on time and safely.
Essential Duties Other Duties
The holder of a Commercial Driver’s License must comply with Horry County Schools and Federal requirements pertaining to alcohol and controlled substances testing.
Job Specifications
Performance of this job should be evaluated daily or as problems arise. The holder of a Commercial Driver’s License must comply with the Horry County Schools and Federal requirements pertaining to alcohol and controlled substances testing.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required) Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms and pull the emergency brake; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; crouch or crawl.
Additional physical requirements include the following:

• Physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 125 pounds;
• Must be able to exit through the rear emergency exit of the bus;
• Must be able to drag 125 pounds 30 feet in 30 seconds;
• Must be able to go up and down the school bus steps rapidly three times;
• Must be able to hold the brake pedal down for sixty (60) seconds;
• Must be able to alternate quickly between the throttle and the service brake;
• Must be able to open and close a manually operated bus service door;
• Specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus;
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time;
• Manual dexterity for the purpose of using a telephone and data entry;
• Read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids;
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone; and
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Pay Grade: BD2 – (Salary to be established by the State Department of Education and/or supplemented with county funds.)
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This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator or supervisor. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time without prior notice.