School Bus Monitors

What the job really is

Maintain order among students on a school bus. Duties include helping students safely board and exit and communicating behavioral problems. May perform pretrip and posttrip inspections and prepare for and assist in emergency evacuations.

At a glance

• Sector: Protective Service
• O*NET-SOC code: 33-9094
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 2

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Announce routes or stops.
• Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus.
• Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation.
• Clean school bus interiors by picking up waste, wiping down windows, or vacuuming.
• Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus.
• Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills.
• Escort young children across roads or highways.
• Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations.
• Guide the driver when the bus is moving in reverse gear.
• Monitor for trains at railroad crossings and signal the bus driver when it is safe to proceed.
• Monitor the conduct of students to maintain discipline and safety.
• Open and close school bus doors for students.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Windows, Web browser software

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Passenger Attendants
• Bus Drivers, School
• Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
• Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
• Subway and Streetcar Operators
• Taxi Drivers
• Crossing Guards and Flaggers
• Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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