Employment Percentage
10.73024207
SOC ID
53-3058
SOC Title
Passenger Vehicle Drivers, Except Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
ONET ID
53-3051.00
ONET Concat ID
53305100
Median Salary
30314.77
Ed Level High School
67
Ed Level Certificate
14.81
Ed Level Some College
5.55
Ed Level Associates
0.64
Ed Level Bachelors
3.91
Ed Level Masters
8.1
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Drive a school bus to transport students. Ensure adherence to safety rules. May assist students in boarding or exiting.
Core Tasks
- Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
- Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner.
- Drive gasoline, diesel, or electrically powered multi-passenger vehicles to transport students between neighborhoods, schools, and school activities.
- Escort small children across roads and highways.
- Follow safety rules as students board and exit buses or cross streets near bus stops.
- Keep bus interiors clean for students.
- Maintain knowledge of first-aid procedures.
- Maintain order among students during trips to ensure safety.
- Make minor repairs to vehicles.
- Pick up and drop off students at regularly scheduled neighborhood locations, following strict time schedules.
- Prepare and submit reports that may include the number of students or trips, hours worked, mileage, or fuel consumption.
- Read maps and follow written and verbal geographic directions.
- Record bus routes.
- Regulate heating, lighting, and ventilation systems for student comfort.
- Report any bus malfunctions or needed repairs.
- Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations, using telephones or mobile two-way radios.
- Report delinquent student behaviors to school administration.
Start Annual Earnings
17327.41
Top Annual Earnings
65793.95
EMSI Career Title Slug
bus-driver-school