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SUNSHINE BUSES

A Typical day would be a start time of 7am -9am then 2pm-4pm. This was a split shift job. Leave depot AM and pick children up from their homes and drop them to school. Leave  Depot PM pick children up from school and drop them back to their homes. This was done 5 days a week during school terms.
I worked with children with disabilities and I leaned so much from them. I learn patience full time and I enjoyed it. 
Management was done by chain of command. If there were any concerns management dealt with all matters quickly and efficiently.
The hardest part of the job was to learn a new route. Trying to be on time and be efficient as I always prided myself on. Major traffic delays were out of my control, but maintaining communications  always overcome the situation. Dealing with children who you wanted to give the world too used to tug at my heart strings.
Was making the kids happy and seeing the joy on their faces when I pulled up to pick them up. I was the most satisfying job I have every had.

Company will not pay for any work performed on their behalf outside of 4 hours a day . If a parent is not home at scheduled time it is your responsibility to care for that child until parent remembers . Has been as late as midnight. I have been told employees caught in this situation will not be paid as it is not the employers fault. Your employee contract mentions this specifically what it doesn’t mention is no pay for time spent.
Company threatens termination if busses aren’t kept clean and supplies rags & cold water for your convenience however if you’re shift exceeds 2 hours you are expected to wash Bus on unpaid time. 
Give em a miss and hold on to your self respect ‘COS you get none at Sunshine 

each morning you would check the oil and tyres and just general things to make the run go smoonthly. the kids all had different types of disabilities. Some had wheel chairs so you had to make sure the wheelchair secure and would not move while the bus was moving. i would drop the children at school in the morning and then drop them at home to their parents or caregivers. the  children always had a smile on their face and the parents always said hi and by and said thankyou

Driving a special needs bus for disabled children. I learnt how to communicate with a diverse group of people. Management treated their staff with respect and was fair in allocating other opportunities for staff to earn extra money. As we had carers on the bus it was important to work as a team to insure the safe, carefree trip for these special children. The most enjoyable part of the job was seeing the excitement of the kids when they achieve something.

This company prides itself in providing quality and reliable bus transport services to special needs students. They rely on employees who work effectively as a team, are reliable, timely and professional toward their client and students.
Very enjoyable company to work for. Have a great office support and management network.

Wonderful, passionate people.  What a wonderful job working with special needs children taking them to and from school.  Management is reliable and loyal and commitment is rewarded.  Amazing staff to work with and always new challenges.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Getting  to know the kids  that  we transported 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It was stress free easy going job

This is a good place to work and gain experience the management and work shop staff a great and easy to talk to. There's a mix of all different ages working here.

very good place to work for,management excellent,i feel i am in need of change of direction.will miss working with the kids,but as i am semi retired i feel i will enjoy the variety.

Very bureaucratic procedures. Difficult to work with some staff. Management attitude is not to encourage or value staff. In event of accident, always your fault 100%.

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