Vehicle Operator Job Description
Vehicle Operator Duties & Responsibilities
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Vehicle Operator Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Vehicle Operator
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Education for Vehicle Operator
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Vehicle Operator Examples
Vehicle Operator Job Description
- Evaluates and documents employees’ performance throughout the season, thus creating a reference document for end of the season employee evaluations
- Ensures all Vehicle Operators comply with safe operating practices and road etiquette
- Picks up and transports all passengers to and from the airfield ramp while obeying all airfield safety requirements as required
- Provides vehicle training for FSTP Snow Craft Training Course instructors, Scott Base shuttle service, transportation for LDB personnel, transportation for all departments to/from airfields, on call taxi service, courier service, bellhop pickup service upon request for both incoming and outgoing flights, taxi service at the airfield for airfield personnel, and other transportation needs as required
- Coordinates with all USAP agencies regarding shuttle and shift change requirements
- Communicates on a daily basis with shuttle drivers regarding schedules, road conditions, vehicle coordination, and community shuttle and taxi requirements
- Communicates with Supervisor on daily basis to ensure smooth transition between all shifts
- Develops and posts Shuttle Schedules at Runways, McMurdo town center and Scott Base
- Performs required mechanical and fluid checks of shuttle vehicles prior to and during operation
- Maintains required shuttle and taxi logs, and compiles data for weekly and monthly reports
- Communicates via two-way radio in accordance with prescribed procedures
- Monitors flights and return landing times, passenger transportation needs, taxi service needs, and all other various tasking as a dispatcher
- Monitors the service provided to the McMurdo community and improves service where required
- Provides vehicle training for light passenger vehicles for other departments as necessary
- Ensures compliance with Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) and Waste Management policies and procedures
- Actively participates in safety briefings and meetings
Vehicle Operator Job Description
- Operates a variety of vehicles off station for emissions testing, maintenance and repairs
- Performs operator level preventive maintenance checks and services on tactical vehicles in accordance with applicable technical manuals and before / during / after check lists (Fuel, water, oil, tires, lights, brakes, wiper blades, cleanliness and )
- Frequently climbs vertical ladders into and out of equipment
- Frequently works outdoors in below freezing temperatures
- Responsible for maintaining workplace programs and ensuring safety is the highest priority in the workplace
- Maintains a safe, friendly, and timely shuttle and taxi service and operates large passenger vehicles
- Provides morning and evening shift change for 109th AW personnel
- Professionally operate radios
- LRV Operators report to the Superintendent of Transportation Line Supervisors, Train Masters, Controllers and Yard Masters
- They will be governed by current mechanical, electrical, and brake instructions pertaining to the safety, preparation and operation of trains
- Good multi-tasking and organizational skills are required
- Good computer skills, including Microsoft Office Programs are required
- 1 year leadership and/or management experience is required
- Minimum 6 months experience in vehicle driving operations or equipment operations (shuttle, bus driving, ) is required
- Good multi-tasking and organizational skills and basic computer knowledge are required
- A Minimum of 1 year vehicle and/or equipment operating experience with at least 6 months of operating large capacity passenger vehicles and/or tractor-trailer over-the-road vehicles is required
Vehicle Operator Job Description
- To perform preventive maintenance for service vehicles on site and in warehouse
- Tends to the routine maintenance of vehicles including washing vehicles, changing tires, spark plugs and oil
- LRV Operators must be qualified on the physical characteristics of the territory over which they are to operate
- LRV Operators will be responsible for the observance of signals and for controlling movements accordingly
- Responsibility of operating a bus on assigned route and schedule to provide safe and efficient transportation of students, faculty, and staff
- Performing pre- and post-trip inspections of the bus and reporting mechanical defects or failures to the Transportation Manager
- Obeying all traffic laws and University regulations while operating the bus
- Creating a customer services oriented environment for users
- Employee will be responsible for completing all required reports and securing the vehicle before leaving
- Will occasionally work in the receiving area by answering the phones and aid customers with pickup requests
- 2 years of commercial or heavy vehicle driving experience
- Valid CDL issued by the District of Columbia which must remain current throughout employment
- Good knowledge of traffic laws and regulations
- Ability to operate heavy equipment – including driving the vehicle, operating and programming the interior compactors, operating the lift gate, the steam cleaner, and the air brakes
- Ability to learn categories of recyclable materials and maintain awareness of hazardous waste
- Goodfellow AFB, TX
Vehicle Operator Job Description
- Current Resume, mandatory
- Maintains compliance with all pertinent dispatch and en route reporting procedures (by documentation, radio or telephone)
- Driver is responsible for positioning and securing all loads to provide safe and undamaged delivery of cargo over rough terrain
- Performs emergency en route repairs and recovery as required in a simulated tactical environment
- Operators will become proficient with wrecker operations for tactical field recovery missions in simulated combat conditions
- Operators will be proficient with self refueling and trans-loading of fuels and water
- Operators will be required to perform mission on short notice and take breaks when mission requirements allow
- Operators will be required to load, transport, unload and explosives, live ammunition, and pyrotechnics in a simulated combat environment across and in rough terrain
- Load and unload their cargo
- Report any incidents they encounter on the road to a dispatcher
- Ability to speak, read, and write English fluently in order to complete reports, read safety topics
- Air Brakes Endorsement for Class B CDL
- Minimum 1 year vehicle and/or equipment operating experience with at least 6 months of operating large capacity passenger vehicles and/or tractor-trailer over-the-road vehicles is required
- Minimum one year in dispatching experience is preferred
- Pre-employment physical examination will be required
- A CDL valid state HAZMAT, Tanker and P endorsement
Vehicle Operator Job Description
- Works along with a designated crew to perform skilled and unskilled grounds maintenance jobs and tasks relative to the general upkeep and maintenance of University grounds, landscaping and athletic areas, moving/hauling furniture and materials, set up and take down of equipment and preparation for special events
- Safely and skillfully operates sanitation truck with compactor, van, delivery truck and heavy motorized equipment (i.e., bulldozer, backhoe, excavator, street sweeper, farm tractor, mower) motorized grounds maintenance equipment in the performance of recurring tasks with limited variety and established parameters
- Safely operates grounds maintenance tools and small motorized equipment in the performance of work activities
- Drives crew vehicles, operates small motorized grounds maintenance tools and equipment, and any other heavy motorized vehicles to perform assigned jobs
- Accept payments for the shipment
- Handle paperwork, such as receipts or delivery confirmation notices
- To operate and drive the service vehicles for Line 1 and Line 2 of Riyadh Metro Project during construction period
- To report the activity and status of DWE service vehicles to Site Manager
- Depending on the candidate capabilities and willingness, the scope of work could be extended
- Public involvement and outreach
- Zero (0) incidents of serious motor vehicle violation, including, but not limited, to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Must maintain AL Air Guard Membership for continued employment
- This position requires an annual medical examination
- Valid North Carolina A, B, or C, Commercial Driver’s License with a passenger endorsement
- Ability to lift 50 to 100 lbs safely and repetitively, with or without reasonable accommodations
- Several years of warehouse or stockroom