Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs

What the job really is

Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on a planned or scheduled basis. May collect a fare. Includes nonemergency medical transporters and hearse drivers.

At a glance

• Sector: Transportation & Material Moving
• O*NET-SOC code: 53-3053
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Test vehicle equipment, such as lights, brakes, horns, or windshield wipers, to ensure proper operation.
• Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
• Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner.
• Follow relevant safety regulations and state laws governing vehicle operation, and ensure that passengers follow safety regulations.
• Operate vehicles with specialized equipment, such as wheelchair lifts, to transport and secure passengers with special needs.
• Report any vehicle malfunctions or needed repairs.
• Perform routine vehicle maintenance, such as regulating tire pressure and adding gasoline, oil, and water.
• Pick up and drop off passengers at regularly scheduled neighborhood locations, following strict time schedules.
• Drive shuttle busses, limousines, company cars, or privately owned vehicles to transport passengers.
• Prepare and submit reports that may include the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage driven fuel consumed, or fares received.
• Notify dispatchers or company mechanics of vehicle problems.
• Provide passengers with assistance entering and exiting vehicles, and help them with any luggage.

Tools and technology

Facebook, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Windows, AOL MapQuest, Actsoft Comet Tracker, Alarms, Barcode scanners, Bicycle taxis, Bus warning lights, Cell phones, Closed-circuit TV cameras

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Taxi Drivers
• Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
• Light Truck Drivers
• Parking Attendants
• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
• Passenger Attendants
• Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
• 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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