Position Summary:
Under close supervision, provides safe transportation of program clients to and from designated activities.
The work is normally reviewed in progress and upon completion of each assignment to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and conformance to established standards; most aspects of the work tasks are covered by detailed instructions or procedures.
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Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or General Education Diploma and six months work experience as a driver, or an equivalent combination of work experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the work duties.
Licenses, Certifications, Special Requirements:
- HTS DRIVERS ONLY: Must pass a pre-employment physical examination form (HRP 252) upon recommendation of hire.
- Must obtain certifications in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and First Aid within the first six months of hire.
- Upon recommendation for hire a criminal background and National FBI check is required to determine suitability for hire.
- Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license, (no DUIs or major traffic citations within the last three years).
- Must submit a 39-month driving record with the employment application.
- Must meet the Tohono O’odham Nation tribal employer’s insurance requirements to receive a driver’s permit to operate program vehicles.
- Based on the department’s needs, incumbents may be required to demonstrate fluency in both the Tohono O’odham Language and English as a condition of employment.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
This list of duties and responsibilities is illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and is not all-inclusive.
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The Tohono O'odham Nation is a federally-recognized tribe that includes approximately 28,000 members occupying tribal lands in Southwestern Arizona. The Nation is the second largest reservations in Arizona in both population and geographical size, with a land base of 2.8 million acres and 4,460 square miles, approximately the size of the State of Connecticut. Its four non-contiguous segments total more than 2.8 million acres at an elevation of 2,674 feet. |