1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a Bus Driver do? |
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 What field is your job in?
Public transportation, medical transit as well as demand services
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What is your job title?
Bus Driver
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Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
I work for a non profit agency that serves the people of my home county in order to help people improve their lives.
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How long have you been employed in this position?
7 years
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How many hours do you work a week on average?
35.25 hours a week
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Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
I have to inspect and drive a 18 passenger bus, with passengers who have a wide range of physical and developmental handicaps. I also need to conform to HIPAA regulations as well as state and federal DOT laws and regulations
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What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
$27,000
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What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
27000
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Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
Medical insurance, also a retirement plan and life insurance
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Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
under compensated, bus drivers at my company make less than the state average
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2. Work environment! |
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Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
Yes, my job involves working with coworkers as well as the public. I really enjoy working with the disabled as well as senior citizens that I transport. I'm willing to take less in pay in order to do a job I feel is worthwhile and a benefit to the community. I dislike the way that many people take advantage of what we offer and are ungrateful of what we do.
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Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
No
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Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
No
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Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
I base out of a garage that is a division of our company. This is good in that we don't have the big bosses watching our every move but is also bad because it means that the bosses of our supervisors don't know how things are happening at our location. If there is a problem and it does get reported to the main office then there is hell to pay when our supervisors find out and try to find who reported it.
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Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
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2 Income
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6 Work Environment - co-workers
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7 Work Environment - supervisors
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4 Benefits
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3 Hours
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5 Level of responsibility
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1 The actual "work" you do at your job
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8 Job Title
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3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
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If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
To maintain a clean driving record, get appropriate training to have a CDL-B license and also realize that they would be dealing with severely handicapped people who need compassion, patience, and understanding and not pity or to be spoken to like children.
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What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
The ability to handle ever changing road and traffic conditions, with a rapidly changing schedule and also an ever changing group of passengers who have wide ranging needs and requirements to their transport and care. If you can't handle driving in a blizzard with whiteout conditions while the 15 handicapped adults you are transporting are scared and/or having seizures, vomiting, panic attack etc you won't be able to handle our work.
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Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
You need an appropriate driving license but at least some time working with elderly or handicapped is a huge benefit
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What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Realize that they are about to start working with people who may have severe physical and/or mental handicaps while you are on your own and will be the only one to take care of a potential emergency. Not only are you responsible for driving the bus and dealing with traffic but if someone should have a seizure, stroke, diabetic attack, or other sudden medical emergency you will be the one who has to take control of that and get help as well as maintain calm and control over all the other passengers you are transporting, all of which have varying degrees of disability.
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