Overview:
RTA is hiring for bus operators, with a starting salary of $27.55 per hour, at a job fair at Tri-C this weekend.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is holding a job fair Oct. 18 at Cuyahoga Community College to fill bus operator openings.
RTA’s hiring event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Alex B. Johnson Building on Tri-C’s Metro Campus, 2900 Community College Ave., Cleveland. (You don’t have to be a Tri-C student in order to attend.) Applicants attending the event have the opportunity to be interviewed and receive a contingent job offer.
Attendees are encouraged to apply online for the bus operator’s position by clicking on this link. If you can’t attend the job fair, you can still apply online for the openings. Questions about the event? Contact Fiona at (216) 356-3261 or Fawntaine at (216) 356-3023.
To get hired as an RTA bus operator, you’ll have to meet these requirements
The starting salary for bus operators after training is $27.55 per hour. Bus operators can make more than $35 an hour after the fourth year of full-time service. Trainees earn $17 to $20 an hour, depending on whether they have the type of Commercial Driver License (CDL) required. RTA offers CDL training.
These are among the requirements for bus operator applicants:
- A high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent
- Be at least 19 years old with a minimum of three years of driving experience and at least two years of customer service experience
- A good driving record, with no more than two points in the past three years
