Need Bus Driver in City of Industry, CA
Posted 2025-03-14
Remote, USA
Full-time
Immediate Start
Job title: Bus Driver
Company: Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
Job description: Hacienda La Puente Unified School District is an equal opportunity employer
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District is named as one of the top 50 employers in California for 2020 and our employees have received a combined 12% salary increase for the 2019-2022 years! Apply now to join our team!
Currently, we are still actively recruiting for Bus Drivers. Apply today!
Make a difference in the community and start your new career as a Bus Driver with Hacienda La Puente Unified School District! HLPUSD relies on a team of Bus Drivers to provide safe and reliable transportation for students. With approximately 30+ Bus Drivers, you can be part of an exciting team and play an integral role in transporting students toward success! HLPUSD offers competitive benefits:
- Competitive hourly pay rate
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Retirement benefits through the California Public Employee Retirement System (PERS)
- Promotional opportunities
- Paid vacations
- Paid sick leave
- Paid holidays
Under general supervision of the administrator of the Transportation department, operates school buses on regularly scheduled passenger routes transporting students and school groups to and from schools, events, and on special field trips, in accordance with requirements of school transportation schedules and traffic laws.
APPLICANT FILING INFORMATION: This recruitment is open to the public. An eligibility list will be established to fill vacancies for full time, part time, evening, summer, and substitute positions throughout the duration of the eligibility list. Eligibility lists typically last for twelve months. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Pursuant to PC Rule 6.2.10, the eligibility list established for this recruitment may be used for another related classification at the same or lower salary. Applicants must provide the Personnel Commission with a copy of the following at the time of application (you may upload the documents to your online application):
- Current three-year driving record (request a form "K4" at a local California DMV office or via mail request by filling out a California DMV INF 1125 form by visiting:
- Class A or Class B California Driver License with passenger endorsement or equivalent
- Current medical certificate approved by the DMV
- Current first aid card
Essential Duties
- Drives a school bus or transportation vehicle over assigned routes in accordance with an established time schedule.
- Transports children to and from school.
- Loads and unloads students safely at designated stops and on study trips.
- Adheres to District policies and procedures regarding student discipline, and public contact with parents and community members.
- Performs daily safety inspections.
- Stops traffic and escorts children across streets, when necessary.
- Prepares daily reports on student loads, mileage, type of trip, and standby time.
- Reports problems or equipment malfunctions.
- Transports children with special needs.
- Washes, sweeps, mops, and polishes the interior of a school bus or transportation vehicle.
- Performs minor first aid.
- Cleans up after ill children.
- May remove graffiti from bus seats.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Bus Driver operates a school bus, over designated routes within established time schedules, transporting students to and from school and on special event trips.
Dispatcher prepares student transportation routes and bus driver schedules for home-to-school, special education and extra-curricular trips, and provide work direction and guidance to bus drivers
Bus Driver Trainer assists in planning and supervising the school pupil transportation program to train drivers, and to do other work as directed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
No education required.
Experience:
No experience required.
Special:
- Possession of a Type-1 School Bus Special Driver Certificate issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Possession of a valid Class A or Class B California Driver License with passenger endorsement or equivalent, including current medical certificate approved by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Must be able to be insured, and continue to be insurable, by the District's liability insurance carrier.
- Applicants must provide the Personnel Commission Office with a copy of their current ten year driving record, obtainable from any office of the California Department of Motor Vehicles, at the time of application.
- This classification has been designated as safety-sensitive in accordance with Public Law 102-143 and requires a pre-employment drug test as well as a continued drug-free lifestyle for continued employment.
- Successfully complete a pre-employment physical examination.
Knowledge of:
- Safe driving practices.
- Basic first aid.
- Basic safety and maintenance requirements of automotive equipment.
- Provisions of the California Motor Vehicle Code and the Education Code and the California Administrative Code, Title 13 applicable to the transportation of students.
- Drive a Type-1, 76 passenger, or more, standard shift or automatic transmission school bus with air brakes safely and efficiently.
- Maintain appropriate student behavior on a school bus.
- Follow oral and written directions.
- Learn the proper methods of bus safety inspections and maintenance.
- Handle situations with tact and diplomacy.
COVID Vaccine Requirement
Per Board policy, employees are allowed on District campuses or facilities only if they are fully vaccinated. This resolution applies to all applicants upon hire. Applicants are required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination status to the Personnel Commission Office on the date of the examination. Applicants will not be allowed to take the examination without being fully vaccinated. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after completion of two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
General Information
The screening process for this position, which may be subject to modification, will include some form of an application screening, initial screening of qualifications, documentation/certification screening, and in some instances supplemental application screening. The stated qualifications for the position represent only the minimum requirements and do not guarantee qualification for examination or placement on an eligibility list.
The examination may consist of any combination of the following: training and experience evaluation, written knowledge test, hands on/performance test, structured panel interview, situational judgement interview, or other type of exam of fitness for duty. All parts of the examination process are job related. A passing score must be attained on each portion of the exam to advance to the next stage and ultimate placement on the eligibility list, which depending on the classification, may be in force for six months or one year.
Disability Accommodation
Please note that it is your responsibility to notify us at least two business days prior to the first test part if you will require reasonable accommodation during any part of the selection process. You are NOT required to disclose any information regarding disabilities at this time but may be required to submit documentation prior to accommodation being granted.
Equal Employment Opportunity District
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District prohibits unlawful discrimination against, and/or harassment of, District employees and job applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation at a District site or activity.
Expected salary: $21.93 - 28.81 per hour
Location: City of Industry, CA