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Job Details

Tour Bus Operator

Employer

Yash Ventures Ltd

Date Posted

May 29, 2025

Languages

Bilingual
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 to $30.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 37.5 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jun 28, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Yash Ventures Ltd

Languages

Bilingual

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Asset languages

  • Spanish; Castilian
  • Russian

Work setting

Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Provide sightseeing information
  • Collect fares and record transactions
  • 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
  • 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 

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

Tours focus

Bus tours

Type of experience

  • Tour and charter bus driver
  • Buses

Transportation/travel experience

  • Local
  • Regional
  • Provincial/territorial

Security and safety

  • Adult Abuse Registry check
  • Child Abuse Registry check
  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Drug test

Transportation/travel information

  • Travel expenses not paid by employer
  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Weight handling

Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

Uniform

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • 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

Health benefits

Disability benefits

Financial benefits

Night shift premium

Other benefits

Free parking available

Support for Veterans

  • Recruits Veterans and other candidates with military experience through targeted hiring initiatives (for example: job fairs, outreach programs etc.)
  • 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.)

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Tour Bus Operator 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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