The bus driver was immediately relieved of her duties for the rest of the day. There is no current procedure to check the buses when they’re in the yard,' Nash said. 'But that may change.'
Here we have a very very well worn bus drivers pendomatic change giver. The 50p lever has the top right hand side chipped off. Other fare collecting equipment includes tender trays which can be fitted to bus driver doors to allow the customer to put the fare down. These are common on most buses in the United Kingdom now, since they facilitate quick payment and also allow for the driver to have a screen protecting his cab, yet still securely collect change (the tray is placed with a small gap above it to allow room for the drivers hand to pass through).
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- 9 basic maths drills
- 2 calculating change tests
- 10 verbal reasoning tests
- 1 road signs test
- 6 guides & tutorials
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This bus drivers PrepPack™ has everything you need to prepare for your upcoming test. With nine basic maths drills, calculating change tests, verbal reasoning, and a road sign test, we are sure you will be able to outperform your competition by purchasing this pack. We look forward to having you on board.
Become a Bus Driver
Becoming a bus driver can be a long process. Once you have received your CPC license, you are ready to start applying to bus companies. As part of bus driver recruitment, many companies such as Arriva and First Group invite you to an assessment day where you may face numerical and verbal tests as well as an interview.
What Are the Bus Driver Aptitude Tests?
Bus driver candidates are asked to take up to two aptitude tests- a numerical and a verbal reasoning test. These tests are usually administered at an assessment day. Pay attention to your correspondence with the recruitment department to know when to expect the tests.
What Skills Are Tested by the Bus Driver Tests?
Bus drivers are required to have certain skills in order to perform their job. This extends beyond safely driving a bus. The aptitude tests assess whether you have the necessary skills.
Numerical Reasoning Tests - Bus drivers deal with numbers when it comes to ticket pricing and giving change, so this test assesses your skills using basic maths functions.
Verbal Tests - As a bus driver, you are often given work-related information in the form of office memos. This test looks at your ability to understand this type of information.
Numerical Reasoning Test
The bus driver numerical test is usually a short test with about fifteen questions ranging in difficulty and focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Questions relate to work situations where you need to quickly think of the right amount of change to return to customers.
Verbal Reasoning Test
The bus driver verbal test is an assessment of both your verbal reasoning skills as well as some driving theory. Make sure to read the information through before answering any questions to know what exactly is being asked of you.
Prepare for Your Bus Driver Aptitude Tests
Bus companies want to ensure that their drivers have all the skills necessary before hiring. Once you have passed the numerical and verbal aptitude tests, you can move on to the later stages in the assessment process. Preparing yourself for these assessments using practice tests sharpens your skills and familiarises yourself with the question style and content before the actual assessment day. This means higher confidence and scores when it comes to the real thing.
Arriva and First Group, two of the big UK bus companies, use tests provided by CEB’s SHL. Our SHL-style pack can help you prepare for all of the tests you sit when applying to become a bus driver.
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Schedules provide work days and hours for employees and give structure to employers and input for budgets. Schedules must ensure adequate work coverage, comply with federal and local laws, be easy to understand, and be equitable. A driving work schedule for weekly drivers can be successfully created and maintained, if you're methodical about it.
Determine the hours and schedule coverage for each shift that drivers are needed. Some businesses only require daytime work on weekdays; other driving schedules, such as those for taxi drivers and ambulance drivers require multiple shifts involving each day of the week. No matter what the situation, determine the total number of hours that drivers need to be on the road for each shift.
Divide the number of hours vehicles need to be on each scheduled shift by the total number of vehicles available. For instance, if the schedule is for pizza delivery drivers and a Monday day shift requires 20 hours of delivery for four available vehicles, each driver will be required to have a five-hour shift.
Comply with federal, local and union rules. Some vehicle drivers, most notably long-haul drivers, have work hours that are limited by the United States Department of Transportation. Other drivers have schedule limits imposed by local or union rules. Managers must also comply with the relevant guidelines for the minimum amount of pay and possible overtime pay. Lunch breaks and work breaks must also be considered.
Develop a weekly shell schedule. The shell schedule should show start and stop times for each vehicle driven on each shift and any other information important to a driver, such as lunch or break times or specific routing. The schedule is called a shell schedule because it is the schedule complete with everything except the driver.
Determine driver availability and fill the shell schedule. Some organizations will have full-time drivers who are available for any shift. Other organizations will have a mixture of part-time and full-time drivers only available for certain shifts.Vacations and sick time also must be considered when determining employee availability. Assign drivers to the shell schedule depending on availability for the shift.
Post the schedule according to organizational guidelines. Some schedules are posted weekly, with the drivers having several days' notice of a new schedule. Other organizations have stricter guidelines, and schedules are posted for drivers well in advance of the schedule, giving them longer notice of new schedules.
All organizations need the ability to call drivers in to cover a daily schedule that is not met by a driver who is ill or injured.
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Managers scheduling vehicle drivers must take into consideration driver fatigue when building a schedule. Managers have been held partially responsible for traffic accidents caused by drivers who were scheduled to drive extraordinarily long hours.
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