Bus Driver
What the work is
Drives a bus to transport passengers short distances on scheduled intra-city services over established routes.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Drives a bus to transport passengers over established routes while adhering to traffic regulations
- Stops at set locations to enable passengers to board and alight
- Assists passengers with boarding and disembarking from the bus
- Collects fares and issues tickets, and monitors electronic payment
- Provides information to passengers regarding routes, schedules and fares
- Monitors and ensures the safety of passengers during transit, and maintains the orderly conduct of passengers
- Completes required paperwork and documentation, such as daily logs and incident reports
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional city bus depot, with school routes, intercity coach runs and charter tours. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A regular passenger waves from the stop and says good morning like an old friend
- A school run where the kids say thank you as they get off
- A tour day when the group sings along, the sun shines and every stop runs on time
Hard days
- A timetable that cannot be met because the traffic has other ideas
- A passenger who is abusive, and you cannot leave your seat
- A very long day, with the pressure to keep going when your body wants to stop
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 711231, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.