Job Details

Transporting Thornapple Kellogg Students Monday – Friday, 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. & 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., on regularly scheduled student days only.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

1. High school diploma or an acceptable alternate-based high school equivalency.
2. Valid Michigan driver’s license, or has completed the necessary bus driver's courses to secure a CDL A or B with a "P" and "S" endorsements and passed the required medical examination (DOT).
3. Must be a good communicator, both in verbal and written communication.
4. Must be able to open and close the entrance and emergency doors and perform repetitive motions while driving a school bus.
5. Must be able to bend, support and physically carry a student/passenger/rider in and out of a school bus, especially in the case of an emergency.
6. Must be able to carry and lift into and from the school bus, assorted personal articles and adaptive equipment of various weights and sizes up to 40 pounds.
7. Must be able to bend, twist and stretch for the cleaning and securing of equipment in the interior of the school bus.
8. Must be able to bend, stretch, pull or drag all students/passengers/riders, equipment (i.e. car seats, wheelchairs, fire extinguisher) or other types of articles that would be of varying sizes and weight out of the emergency exits on demand.