Transportation

Work for school districts as assistants to school bus drivers. They monitor student safety, help with boarding students, lead bus evacuations during emergencies, and stay up to date on school district policies.

Move materials such as freight or stock. They might retrieve or unload trucks carrying materials. They may pack or wrap products as well, or even clean transportation equipment.

Passenger vehicle drivers transport people, sometimes across state and national borders. Some drive regular routes, while others’ destinations vary daily. They operate a range of vehicles, from small cars with limited seating to 60-foot articulated buses (with two connected sections) that can carry more than 100 passengers.

Passenger vehicle drivers typically do the following:

• Pick up and drop off passengers at designated locations
• Follow a planned route or drive to a requested destination
• Help passengers, including those with disabilities, get into and out of the vehicle
• Obey traffic laws and state and federal transit regulations
• Follow procedures to ensure passenger safety
• Keep passengers informed of possible delays
• Maintain vehicle by checking tires, lights, and oil
• Keep the vehicle clean and presentable
• Help passengers load and unload belongings

Might work for a school system, a private client, or the public (if they drive a city bus). They follow a given route, picking up and dropping off clients, and arriving at places at the scheduled time.

Coordinate all details of the transportation of people or of cargo between their points of departure and destination.

Transports goods from one place to another. Often, they move products from a manufacturing plant to a retail or distribution center.