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Job Details

Tour Bus Operator

Employer

Banff Tours

Date Posted

February 03, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Banff, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 to $35.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 20 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Part Time
  • Vacancies 4  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Feb 24, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Banff Tours

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Tasks

  • Operate buses, school busses or streetcars to transport passengers
  • Provide sightseeing information
  • Provide passengers with information on fares, schedules and stops
  • Report delays, mechanical problems and accidents
  • Direct passengers during emergency evacuation procedures
  • Ensure para-transit passengers board vehicle safely
  • Deal with public
  • Complete logbooks and reports
  • Deal with difficult passengers and resolve conflicts
  • Ensure children's safety when boarding and leaving buses and crossing street while bus is stopped
  • 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)
  • Provincial or Territorial Commercial Vehicle licence (Class 4 or E)
  • 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
  • Provincial/territorial

Security and safety

Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Driver's abstract
  • Travel expenses paid by employer
  • Valid driver's licence

Personal suitability

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

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Shift

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • Day
  • Weekend

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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

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