FLORIDA SAFETY COUNCIL

Position Description Title: Driver Education Instructor (Full-time)

Department(s): Driver Education

Reports to: Deputy Executive Director

Summary of essential job functions

• The instructor will train a student to operate a motor vehicle with practical instruction – through demonstration and verbal instruction.
• Practical instruction shall include the demonstration of all driving maneuvers required to pass the state motor vehicle road test.
• All instructors shall ascertain, before giving driving instruction, that the student possesses a learner's permit or restricted license.
• Instructor will ensure no one, other than the students, be present in the vehicle while teaching a lesson. Exception: an Interpreter, if needed.
• Instructor must advise FSC of their availability to instruct – dates and times –at least one month prior to the start of any lessons.
• Instructors will be on time for all appointments and ensure students receive the required number of hours of instruction.
• Instructor is required to document mileage for each lesson.
• Instructor will carry a State of Florida Drivers license and a Commercial Driver Instructor license to every lesson.
• Instructor is required to ensure seat belts are used by all during each lesson.
• Instructor must follow all State of Florida traffic laws.
• Instructor will complete all necessary State of Florida paperwork on trained students for recording purposes.
• Instructor will comply with all standards of conduct/work rules.
• General maintenance of vehicles and sanitization kit supplies
• Administrative work as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Driver License Examiner:

• Conduct road performance tests to determine applicants’ eligibility for driver's license.
• Observe applicants’ ability throughout specified maneuvers and compliance with traffic safety rules on a pre-determined route.
• Rate ability for each maneuver.
• Inspects brakes, stop and signal lights, and horn to determine if vehicles are safe to operate.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum age of twenty-one (21). Possess a High School Diploma or GED. College Degree preferred.
• Be a legal resident of the State of Florida.
• Complete and pass a State of Florida approved thirty-two (32) hour course, when available. Pass the oral presentation and the written test prepared and administered by the Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Division of Driver Licenses.
• Attend a State approved instructional 8-hour refresher course every five years.
• Possess a valid Florida Driver License.
• A driving record that does not include more than three (3) chargeable accidents or violations during any consecutive three (3) year period.
• No driver's license suspensions for any reason within three (3) years prior to application.
• No driver's license suspensions for any reason two (2) or more times in past five (5) years.
• No convictions of a D.U.I. charge within ten (10) years prior to application. This also applies to DUI traffic stops reduced to Reckless Driving – substance or alcohol related.
• Must possess excellent communication skills. Ability to work with over-confident and under-confident students, as well as their parents, guardians, or spouses.
• Must be in good physical condition.
• No addictions to alcoholic beverages or others drugs.
• No convictions, forfeited a bond, pled guilty, or pled nolo contendere to a felony. Please Note: Criminal background checks, including fingerprinting are required.

Abilities Required:

• Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching.
• May require lifting up to 25 pounds.
• Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, calculators, the telephone and other office equipment.
• Requires normal range of hearing and vision.
• Interaction primarily with clients and co-workers.

Disclaimer

Our company promotes an equal employment opportunity workplace, which includes reasonable accommodation of otherwise qualified disabled applicants and employees so long as this does not create an undue hardship on the company or affect the health and/or safety of others at work. Please see your supervisor should you have any questions about this policy or these job duties. This job description may not be all-inclusive and employees are expected to perform all other duties as assigned and/or directed by management. Job descriptions and duties may be modified when deemed appropriate by management.