Bus Driver Trainee Program

Requirements / Qualifications

1. It is understood that the duration of this Trainee position will be the mandatory forty (40) hours required by law. However, at the discretion of the Director of Transportation that duration may be lengthened on the ability of the trainee to qualify for and obtain the appropriate license(s).
2. The pay for this position is 19/A on the Classified Salary Schedule, except for bargaining unit members receiving this training who remain at their regular rate of pay.
3. The hours/days of assigned training shall be scheduled by the Director of Transportation or in the Director’s absence, a management designee.
4. The hire date to the classification of Bus Driver, for purposes of determining bus driver seniority, shall be the first day of licensed, paid service as a CVUSD bargaining unit Bus Driver.
Trainee hours do not count toward bus driver seniority.
5. It is understood that the district may solicit applicants for a Trainee position and pay them the appropriate salary as listed above without their being any available permanent position. …