SUPERVISING SCHOOL BUS DRIVER
To land Supervising School Bus Driver in New Jersey you go through the competitive route: you sit an announced exam and the score puts you on the eligible list agencies hire from.
To be eligible you bring 3 years of relevant experience and a commercial driver's license.
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Supervising School Bus Driver is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction, supervises the activities of School Bus Drivers and may also drive, clean, service, and make minor repairs to school buses used to transport students on assigned established routes or to special activities, events, or various destinations; does other related work.
Examples of work
- Organizes assigned work and develops effective work methods.
- Provides suitable assignments to subordinates.
- Checks buses to see that prescribed schedules are maintained.
- Prepares reports.
- Ensures that buses stop only at designated locations.
- Notes whether buses load and discharge passengers properly.
- Assignes school bus drivers to runs.
- Dispatches emergency runs.
- May drive a school bus to transport students between pick-up points and school or to various events, activities, and destinations.
- Checks, cleans, and performs minor servicing of buses.
- Checks vehicles for operating safety.
- Establishes and maintains records and files.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
Three (3) years of experience in operating a motor vehicle used to transport students to and from school or school related activities.
License
Appointees must possess a valid Commercial Driver's License with a passenger (P) endorsement.
Effective October 1, 2005, appointees must possess a valid Commercial Drivers License (CDL) with a Passenger (P) endorsement and a School Bus (S) endorsement.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the safe and efficient operation of school buses.
- Knowledge of safe driving practices.
- Knowledge of the methods used to maintain, service, and make minor repairs.
- Knowledge of State Motor Vehicle law and regulations relating to athe operation of school buses.
- Ability to analyze problems involving the operation of school buses.
- Ability to understand, remember and carry out oral and written directions.
- Ability to learn quickly from explanations and demonstrations.
- Ability to drive school buses in a safe manner.
- Ability to check, clean, and service vehicles.
- Ability to keep necessary records.
- Ability 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, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform 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 after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
The air brake "L" endorsement may be required by the Appointing Authority.
The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with the Appointing Authority.