Job Description
Position Type: Transportation/Specialist
Date Posted: 3/25/2024
Location: Transportation West
Date Available: 2024-2025
Closing Date: Until Filled
Job Title: Training Specialist
Reports to: Assistant Director of Transportation
Dept/School: Transportation
Work Year: 226 days
Base Salary: $35,500 Actual salary will be calculated based on experience.
PRIMARY PURPOSE: Oversee training program of bus drivers, coach drivers, truck drivers, monitors and new employees. Provide direction for bus driver trainers in all training functions. Maintain all training and certification records, act as a liaison with medical service company, schedule and conduct evacuation training, physicals and random drug testing, conduct new-hire orientations, respond to accidents and investigate accidents. Oversee training center operations including answering phones, handing out keys, answering driver questions, and addressing building issues.
QUALIFICATIONS: Education/Certification: High school diploma or GED
Valid CDL with passenger, air brake and safety endorsements
Complete 20 hour TEA Safety certification class or willingness to complete
Complete First Aid and CPR certification class or willingness to complete
Special Knowledge/Skills: Ability to work in a multi-task environment and maintain an orderly work environment
High degree of ethical behavior and confidentiality
Ability to read, understand, and communicate in English
Working knowledge of office equipment and multi-line phone system
Effective telephone and communications skills
Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, Google, internet maps and basic internet navigation
Excellent interpersonal skills in order to ensure positive relations with all patrons
Flexible and open to changes
Detail oriented
Capable of responding in emergency situations
Ability to drive a school bus or monitor
Ability to pass annual and random DOT physical/drug testing
Ability to physically perform a front and back door bus evacuation
Ability to physically perform CPR and First Aid techniques on the ground or floor
Ability to lift 30lbs and maneuver effectively in a school bus
Experience: Minimum of 2 years of bus driving experience preferred
Minimum of 1 year of bus driver training preferred
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES: Enroll all drivers in certification classes and maintain necessary records.
Oversee driver trainers of behind-the-wheel training.
Oversee training of route drivers and coach drivers.
Conduct new hire orientations.
Maintain all records of drivers' annual physicals.
Validate all medical invoices.
Conduct and plan safety trainings and in-service meetings.
Set up original driver training files.
Conduct and oversee all yearly driver ride along evaluations.
Train all new drivers to obtain a CDL license.
Conduct periodic training sessions for all drivers.
Schedule evacuation trainings.
Coordinate physicals and random drug testing.
Oversee dexterity testing.
Cover accident management and investigations.
Conduct accident retraining.
Conduct video surveillance reviews for training and accident/incident purposes.
Oversee interviews and interview teams for drivers and monitors.
Oversee Safe Schools training and third party DPS testing.
OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED: Frisco ISD retains the right to adjust the responsibilities and assignments of all positions as needed to meet the needs of the District.
WORK RELATIONSHIPS: Frisco ISD is committed to fostering a collaborative work environment that honors and supports the social and emotional well-being of all. Employees are expected to interact in a manner that is becoming of educators and promotes high levels of productivity for the benefit of the students we serve.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors :
Maintain emotional control under stress. Continual sitting, reaching, kneeling, squatting and repetitive hand and arm motions. Work outside and inside. Moderate exposure to extreme temperature (hot) and vehicle fumes. Frequent moderate lifting and carrying (up to 30 pounds). Work with frequent interruptions.
Application Deadline: Until Filled
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
Approved By: Pamela K. Linton, Ed.D.
Chief Human Resources Officer
Date: 3/25/2024
The Frisco Independent School District is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees because of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, or disability status of otherwise qualified individuals. FISD does not discriminate on the basis of membership or application for membership in the uniformed services.
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