Student Escort

Job Summary

Dean Services is seeking a reliable and safety-conscious Transportation Assistant to transport and assist students and other school district passengers to and from school, educational or sporting events, community-based programs, and other special activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Safely care for and protect student passengers.
• Conduct emergency evacuation drills as required.
• Instruct passenger riders regarding safety.
• Establish favorable working relationships with parents, school staff, and Dean Services staff.
• Attend training sessions, annual in-service, and workshops conducted by Dean Services and/or other approved agencies.

Requirements

• Identify with the geographic service area of the school district and routes traveled.
• Demonstrate knowledge of rules and regulations promulgated by local, state, and federal agencies.
• Demonstrate knowledge of state laws and local ordinances.
• Deal with exuberant behavior characteristics of youthful riders.
• Administer disciplinary procedures in keeping with company and school district policies.
• Be alert and exercise good judgment concerning emergencies and day-to-day operations.
• Conduct a bus evacuation drill.
• Keep accurate records and reports as required, submit in a legible condition, turn in at the specified time.
• Conduct yourself as a professional Dean Services staff member at all times.
• Secure all equipment that is required for each passenger as prescribed in company policy.
• Be able to lift, store, and disassemble/assemble wheelchairs of a maximum weight of 40 pounds and/or other ambulatory devices required by the passenger.

Physical Demands

• Perform various tasks that require varying degrees of lifting, pulling, bending, and carrying of heavy objects.
• Examples of these tasks include:
  • Opening and closing of bus entrance and emergency doors.
  • Bending, pushing, and pulling to load and unload a wheelchair, with or without a passenger, onto a lift platform, by exerting a maximum of 40 lb. of push/pull pressure.
  • Bending, supporting, and otherwise physically helping passengers into and out of a school bus.
  • Carrying and lifting into and from the school bus, personal articles and adaptive equipment of various weights and sizes.
  • Bending and stretching for the cleaning and securement of equipment in the interior of the school bus.
  • Bend, stretch, pull, and drag all persons, equipment, or other types of articles that would be of varying sizes and weight out of emergency exits on demand.

Location

Eastpointe, MI 48021