Transportation Safety Assistant

Salary: Grade 55

Reports to: Principal

Supervises: N/AJob 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: High School or EquivalentTSA 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.

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.