Bus Drivers, Transit & Intercity

Drive bus or motor coach, including regular route operations, charters, and private carriage. May assist passengers with baggage. May collect fares or tickets.

On the job, you would:

• Drive vehicles over specified routes or to specified destinations according to time schedules, complying with traffic regulations to ensure that passengers have a smooth and safe ride.
• Park vehicles at loading areas so that passengers can board.
• Inspect vehicles and check gas, oil, and water levels prior to departure.

Education

• high school diploma/GED
• no high school diploma/GED

Transportation

• movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road

Business

• customer service

Safety and Government

• public safety and security
• law and government

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem

Social

• looking for ways to help people
• understanding people's reactions

Realistic

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

• Dependability
• Self Control
• Cooperation
• Concern for Others
• Attention to Detail
• Independence

Controlled Movement

• quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
• use your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down

Vision

• see details that are far away
• decide which thing is closer or farther away from you or decide how far away it is from you

Attention

• pay attention to something without being distracted
• do two or more things at the same time

Spatial

• know where things are around you