Work setting

• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Operate buses, school busses or streetcars to transport passengers
• Provide sightseeing information
• Provide passengers with information on fares, schedules and stops
• Collect fares and record transactions
• Report delays, mechanical problems and accidents
• Load and unload vehicle
• Direct passengers during emergency evacuation procedures
• Deal with public
• Complete logbooks and reports
• Deal with difficult passengers and resolve conflicts
• Communicate with passengers, dispatchers or other drivers using two-way radio systems
• Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Class 4/4F/F/4A-B-C Licence (ambulances, emergency vehicles and buses with fewer than 24 passengers)

Experience and specialization

Type of experience

• Tour and charter bus driver
• Buses

Transportation/travel experience

• Local
• National
• International
• Provincial/territorial

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Drug test
• Medical exam

Transportation/travel information

• Driver’s abstract
• Valid driver’s licence
• Vehicle supplied by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• 20/20 vision
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Sitting

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Financial benefits

• Gasoline paid
• Mileage paid

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site housing options
• Transportation provided by employer