bus driver
Code 8331.1
The bus driver (chofer de bus o de locomoción colectiva) operates buses safely: route, passengers, timings and transport rules. Use this Job Dictionary profile to professional passenger-driving profile.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Tipo de vehículo terrestre
- mechanical components of vehicles
- transport topography
- road traffic laws
- health and safety measures in transportation
- passenger transport regulations
Skills and competences
- apply conflict management
- assist disable passengers
- help to control passenger behaviour during emergency situations
- focus on passengers
- communicate with customers
- communicate clearly with passengers
- drive in urban areas
- control the performance of the vehicle
- cuidar pertenencias de pasajeros
- ensure vehicle operability
- ensure vehicles are equipped with accessibility equipment
- read maps
- lift heavy weights
- operate GPS systems
- perform defensive driving
- use communication devices
- use different communication channels
Transversal competences
- adhere to transportation work schedule
- provide information to passengers
- interpret traffic signals
- clean road vehicles
- manoeuvre bus
- maintain concentration for long periods
- stay alert
- keep time accurately
- perform services in a flexible manner
- provide first aid
- tolerate sitting for long periods
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What to assess for this role
Assess defensive driving, passenger manner and fatigue/traffic tolerance.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does a bus driver do?
- Drives the assigned route, protects passenger safety and reports service issues.
- Is psychometric assessment common?
- Yes: attention, impulsivity and stress predict performance better than the licence alone.
- What to measure when hiring?
- Driving record, driving test and service orientation.
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Sources
This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences