Car Driver

Position Type:
Transportation/Driver

Date Posted:
6/25/2025

Location:
School Board Office

Date Available:
08/05/2025

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled Car Driver

General Definition of Work
Performs semi-skilled work transporting students to and from school and events, and related work as apparent or
assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the Director of Operations.

Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

• Transports students safely to and from home.
• Conducts safe and orderly loading and unloading of students at specified destination.
• Maintains student discipline in the car and enforce rules governing student conduct by reporting undisciplined
• students to the proper authority.
• Maintains clean, safe surroundings, and ensures appropriate behavior.
• Performs routine operator care to include: checking equipment and reporting problems (pre-trip inspection), and presenting car for regularly scheduled maintenance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• General knowledge of operating a car/van.
• General knowledge of the cities/streets of the Town of West Point.
• Skill in the safe operation of a car/van.
• Ability to detect malfunctioning equipment.
• Ability to assist children using patience and understanding
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school staff, students, coaches, and parents/community members.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED and minimal experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid commercial driver's license in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Physical Requirements
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or
hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms and repetitive motions and occasionally
requires standing, walking, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements;
vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying
detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at
normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection
involving small defects and/or small parts, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing
general surroundings and activities; work frequently requires exposure to vibration and occasionally requires working
near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to outdoor weather conditions and
exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is
generally in a loud noise location (e.g. grounds maintenance, heavy traffic).