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Job Details

Motor Coach Driver

Employer

Trimark People Solutions Inc

Date Posted

September 30, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Airdrie, AB
  • Earnings $29.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 4 to 48 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Part Time
  • Vacancies 10  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Oct 30, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Trimark People Solutions Inc

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tasks

  • Operate buses, school busses or streetcars to transport passengers
  • Provide sightseeing information
  • Report delays, mechanical problems and accidents
  • Load and unload vehicle
  • Direct passengers during emergency evacuation procedures
  • Operate para-transit vehicles
  • Ensure para-transit passengers board vehicle safely
  • 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
  • Ensure children's safety when boarding and leaving buses and crossing street while bus is stopped
  • Maintain control of student activities during travel to prevent distractions or behaviours that could compromise safety
  • Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Air Brakes Endorsement
  • Class 2/2F/C Licence (buses with more than passengers)
  • Class 4/4F/F/4A-B-C Licence (ambulances, emergency vehicles and buses with fewer than 24 passengers)
  • Defensive Driving Course
  • Certified Professional Bus Operator
  • Driver's Licence (Class 2 or B or C)

Type of experience

  • School bus driver
  • Intercity bus driver
  • Tour and charter bus driver
  • Para-transit driver
  • Buses

Transportation/travel experience

  • Local
  • Regional
  • Provincial/territorial

Security and safety

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

Transportation/travel information

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

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Overtime required
  • Sitting
  • Sound discrimination
  • Work under pressure

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

  • 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

3 years to less than 5 years

Workplace information

On the road job

Financial benefits

Gratuities

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Team building opportunities
  • Parking available

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Motor Coach 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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Abilities

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General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

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Visual Abilities

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Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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