Alabama Department of Education
Substitute Bus Driver
Job Goal:
- To provide safe and efficient transportation for all students and staff as designated.
Qualifications:
- Possess and maintain a valid Alabama bus driver certificate and commercial driver's license (CDL) in accordance with bus route/assignment, including special education recertification as applicable.
- Maintain a current Department of Transportation (DOT) physical as required by Board Policy.
- Ability to meet suitability criteria for employment and/or certification/licensure under the Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999 and Act No. 2002-457.
- Show aptitude or competence for assigned responsibilities.
- Possess and maintain an acceptable motor vehicle record including no DUI convictions.
- Possess successful drug screening results and be subject to and pass subsequent drug screening tests.
- Competent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to operate a school vehicle over an assigned route according to a defined time schedule, which may require driving during pre-daylight and dusk periods.
- Physical dexterity, coordination, mobility and visual acuity to safely operate school bus or other system-owned vehicles and perform pre-trip and post-trip inspections.
- Ability, agility and stamina to engage in prolonged sitting, stooping, kneeling, crawling, bending, turning and reaching.
- Ability to lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to exert up to 30 pounds of force.
- Physical ability to perform all duties and responsibilities as specified by state and federal regulations, including but not limited to pre-trip inspections, post-trip inspections, and bus evacuations.
- Ability to be punctual and in regular attendance.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.