Under general direction, this role assist management in monitoring transportation operations on the road while maintaining professionalism, integrity, and a commitment to safety and customer service. To provide a field analysis of safety deficiencies and work with the transportation safety and training department to develop a comprehensive action plan to correct deficiencies.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathetic manner, representing OCPS in a positive light.
Assists the Transportation Operations and Fleet Departments in overseeing safety and accident investigations on district property, including when a district-owned vehicle is involved in an accident on the road.
With the Senior Operations, Training, Safety, and other staff, develop plans and identify expected outcomes/results for the Transportation Department.
Assists management with investigations of incident or accident, by capturing photographs, obtaining video footage, gathering reports, and drafts investigation reports.
Conduct a weekly physical inspection of a random sample of buses for cleanliness and damage.
Assist in training, development, instruction, and testing to new bus operators in all phase of commercial driver licensure
Responsible for the preparation of materials, i.e., handouts, for presentations by safety and training teams.
Respond to both the public and district employees’ questions regarding transportation policies and management directives, and serve on committees, as assigned.
Respond to research requests from the general public as assigned by the supervisor.
Trains employees on work safety issues prescribed by OCPS, FDOE, OSHA, Florida Department of Labor and Employment Safety, or other relevant agencies.
Analyze reports and other documents as directed by the Senior Admin of Safety and Training or safety manager.
Create and/or generate weekly, quarterly, and annual analytical reports for use by senior management and Safety and Training managers, including dissemination of data.
Be accessible via radio at all times while on duty.
Identifies hazards that might harm employees, students, or visitors and initiates corrective measures.
Investigate mishaps and assist in developing plans to correct physical hazards associated with an accident.
Assist with coordinating all safety-related deficiencies and actions with the Transportation Safety and Training Department.
Keeps the Senior Administrator of Safety and Training and the managers of Safety and Training of Transportation Services informed of critical issues with the section and incidents about which s/he should be aware. Maintains confidentiality regarding transportation issues.
Performs other relevant duties and responsibilities assigned by the Transportation Safety Manager
Responsible for keeping current on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in the current position.
Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.
The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.
MARGINAL FUNCTIONS
While the following tasks are necessary for the work of the unit, they are not essential to the purpose of this position and may also be performed by other unit members.
Data entry
Maintain files
MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
A High School diploma or GED is required. Five (5) years of experience in school bus or public transit experience required. Must have a valid CDL Class “B” license with passenger and school bus endorsements, or must obtain it within six (6) months of hiring date and maintain it throughout tenure in position. Three (3) years in safety and accident investigation in school or public transportation is preferred.
PERFORMANCE APTITUDES
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data and/or information using established criteria. Includes exercise of discretion in determining actual or probable consequences, and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.
Human Interaction: Requires the ability provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of motor vehicles to conduct project inspections, and ability to effectively use standard hand tools such as levels, tape measures, and screwdrivers.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information, i.e., plans and specifications, architectural drawings, building and engineering codes.
Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, profit and loss, ratio and proportion; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
Functional Reasoning: Requires ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
ADA COMPLIANCE
Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert moderate, though not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds. Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability.
Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as machinery, traffic hazards, temperature and noise extremes, disease, smoke and dusts, and toxic/poisonous agents.
The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.
07/02/2025
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