SCHOOL BUS DRIVER

BIG AND BURLY Texan, father of one ... New in town from driver position in Arkansas... Middleaged mom "out here in the system to keep note of what my kids are doing"... "I retired couple of years ago, but the command center keeps my heart pumped!"... "Retired and bored with sitting home alone."

It's all good in the community. Children out of the house and in class at any of numerous district or private schools within a city, township, and or county, doing the necessary steps for becoming and maintaining the norm for education in today's America. To accomplish that mandate listed on the charts and records by the Department of Education requires the assistance of professional drivers. Many of those professionals, brought to you after extensive classroom and hands on training are middle age parents and grandparents determined to play out a roll in society's positive progress.

Their professionalism honed alongside validation and secure background performed by Livescan and a D.O.T, physical verifying status of any drug or alcohol use. Proving not to be any driving hazard by presentatin of a clear driving record brings an applicant one step closer to the freedom provided once he dons the highlight vest and wheels his or her bus out onto a scheduled route for morning pick up and drop off to be followed up by an early afternoon pick up and drop off... day done. Done unless the appeal of additional monies accessible by performing as a standby driver to cover late arrivals or call-ins... charter driver to cover field trips and sports events held by a school district or chartered by outside entities for weddings, reunion or fraternal organizations for one time scheduling Those are the surprise elements that bring the bigger rewards outside of seeing the smiling faces eager to greet you as you arrive to give them a lift to their daily agenda.

This is not to exclude the availability of assistance to A.D.A. populations and their need for transportation equipped with special needs devices... wheelchair lift, posey and a guiding hand or arm now and then that gets them to their educational or other scheduled destinations. Specially designed buses or transit vans are also dispatched from the same base site as for the balance of the student population. Transit vans are available under seperate classification to serve the elderly population of a retirement home facility, or contract potetial for other active or independent senior community. First Transit services airports with pick up and drop off of arriving travelers destined for hotel or rental car sites in designated metropolitan areas.

For those who prefer not to drive, there is the potential option of employment as a MONITOR. A monitor is required to be seated at the rear of student passengers, observe improper behaviors, and assist the driver with securing special needs passengers when necessary. Paid at a lesser rate of $13 to $15 per hour, the monitor is required to be flexible in that although a permanent route is usually assigned, they should be available to assist on alternate routes.

Becoming a member of this specialized clique requires patience and a love for driving as well as flexibility for scheduling and dexterity. After training and being manipulated through several tests that validate health and mental stability, background clearance and qualification by age and education level, passing the State CDL Driver licensing, On-site skills and Behind The Wheel tests that validate an applicant's capitulation of vehicle components and their precise purpose and function, the appropriate driver licensing is granted along with applicable endorsements reflecting capabilities of the driver. Earning employment and your CDL does not have to be expensive or difficult and untimely. Get paid while you earn and drive with the best using FIRST STUDENT/FIRST TRANSIT.