Transportation Safety Assistant

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Salary: Grade 55

Reports to: Principal

Supervises: N/A

Job Goals: Provides assistance in the safe transportation of students with special needs.

Job Summary: Performs work, including but not limited to seating and restraining all students needing to be restrained; maintaining bus discipline and cleanliness; loading and unloading students on the bus; and preparing school records.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. High School or Equivalent
2. TSA Certification

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Seats and restrains all students needing to be restrained. Seats students to minimize discord among them; follows student restraining procedures contained in the Buncombe County Public Schools' procedures manual and inspects restraining harness, straps, and seat belts to ensure safe and comfortable transport of students.

• Loads and unloads students on the bus. Follows established Buncombe County Public Schools' procedures for loading and unloading wheelchair students; assists students needing assistance to board and depart from bus; ensures that all students picked up are unloaded at school; ascertains that all students picked up in the morning are on the bus for the return trip; exit students from bus on return trip at morning pick-up points; and inspects the bus at the last bus stop to verify that all students have departed the bus.

• Maintains bus discipline and cleanliness. Monitors student behavior; takes actions to prevent disruptions among students; establishes and enforces bus rules of conduct; controls bus noise levels; responds to special needs of students; and makes immediate clean-ups of student caused body discharges during transport.

• Prepare school records. Generates student incident reports of inappropriate bus behavior; assists bus driver in completing transportation reports; and completes payroll time sheets.

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KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge of first aide techniques.
• Knowledge of how to manage students with special needs.

SKILLS:

• Organizing skills to arrange seating on bus to prevent behavioral problems.
• Communication skills to talk with students and to help maintain discipline.
• Manual skills to maintain a clean environment on the bus while transporting students.
• Mechanical skills to operate chair lifts and fasten wheelchairs in safely.

Working Conditions:

• Job is performed on a school bus; noise from students, fumes from diesel engine, and temperature extremes are unpleasant.
• Exposure to body fluids and abuse from students are possible; safety rules, training and protective equipment are required. Physical
• Requires some lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling.

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: As needed

EVALUATION: Performance will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of personnel.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS: Follow the Hiring Process instructions on the Buncombe County Schools' website: www.buncombeschools.org/hiringprocess

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