YOUR FUTURE IN THE BUSING INDUSTRY

 

OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BUSING INDUSTRY

Welcome to the start of your new career.  You may not fully realize the size of the field you are about to enter.

People of every age, background, race and religion are involved.  The bus industry employs more than 10,000 drivers in the New York City area, alone.  The main objective of National Vocational School is very simple yet extremely important, Our objective to provide bus companies with safe/ courteous drivers.  The drivers are the most important elements in the transportation industry.  National Vocational School will prepare you to be one of those drivers. 

The Bus Industry employs many kinds of workers besides drivers.  For instance, Assistant Drivers who help the special needs children on the school bus and dispatchers who communicate with the drivers on the road. 

According to statistics, school buses are the safest form of transportation.  It is a dynamic, growing industry,  which fills a transportation need. 

JOBS IN THE BUS INDUSTRY 

SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION for children is increasing by leaps and bounds with the advent of parental choice of schools by parents for their children regardless of school district.  Also, the alarming increase in the population of handicapped, special education children due to the unchecked drug usage by pregnant mothers.  90% of New York City school bus drivers fall under the administration of The Board of Education, Office of Pupil Transportation. 

BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR COMMUTER cities and municipalities are under never ending pressure of budget restraints and are constantly rethinking their methods to best serve their citizens.  One of the most popular is the decentralization of commuter transportation.  The awarding of private franchised routes has increased the number of buses on the road to provide transportation to the citizens. 

LUXURY COACH VACATION TRAVEL.  The realization of our shrinking economy and it’s affect on vacation travel is causing many individuals to rethink the methods to which they take their vacation time.  Bus travel is on the increase and the demand for qualified drivers is ever increasing.

BETTER DRIVERS 

All of the bus driver training is a combination of on-the-road and in-classroom instruction.  The successful completion of our training courses give the student all the knowledge and skills required by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and Federal Highways Administration for licensing as a commercial vehicle operator.  Also, our training program has been accepted as a substitute for experience in the field when considering potential job candidates for available positions.  This is a tremendous advantage in the current job market. Our job assistance program has a better than average placement rate for successful graduates of our training program.