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Job Details

Charter Bus Driver

Employer

Sunshine Coach Ltd.

Date Posted

March 05, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $22.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 to 70 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Part Time Leading to Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Mar 26, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Sunshine Coach Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

  • Operate buses, school busses or streetcars to transport passengers
  • 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
  • Complete logbooks and reports
  • Deal with difficult passengers and resolve conflicts
  • Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Air Brakes Endorsement
  • Class 1/1F/A Licence (semi trailer trucks)
  • Class 2/2F/C Licence (buses with more than passengers)

Type of experience

  • School bus driver
  • Tour and charter bus driver
  • Buses

Transportation/travel experience

  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • Provincial/territorial

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Medical exam

Transportation/travel information

  • Driver's abstract
  • Travel expenses paid by employer
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Vehicle supplied by employer
  • Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Overtime required
  • Sitting
  • Work under pressure

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Workplace information

On the road job

Financial benefits

Gratuities

Other benefits

Free parking available

Support for Veterans

  • Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market
  • Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)

Support for mature workers

  • Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
  • Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)
  • Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities)

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Charter Bus Driver is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Bus and Streetcar Drivers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving buses and buses equipped for wheelchair accessibility, streetcars and intercity and sightseeing tour and charter buses to transport passengers along established routes, locally and over long distances; and in driving buses to transport passengers and cargo to intercity and long-distance destinations

METHODICAL

Interest in copying information to report delays, mechanical problems and accidents; and in collecting fares, issuing transfers, checking bus passes and recording transactions

SOCIAL

Interest in speaking with passengers to provide information on fares, schedules and stops; may provide passengers with information on points of interest during trips

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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