Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-2-4-.06 - Local Mechanic Certification
A written test and a safety test shall be administered by State Department of Education personnel to local mechanics who perform safety inspections on school buses.
(1) The
requirements for certification as a school bus mechanic shall be as follows:
(a) Completion of a certified auto mechanic's
apprenticeship; OR
(b)
Written proof of a least five year's experience as an auto or truck mechanic;
OR
(c) Written proof
of three consecutive year's experience as a mechanic's helper in a school bus
shop maintaining buses for pupil transportation.
(2) Any individual who meets one of the above
qualifications or a combination of the qualifications approved by the director
of State transportation and is hired as a school bus mechanic must within six
months pass the school bus written test and safety test administered by State
transportation personnel and each year thereafter must demonstrate to the State
Inspector that he still maintains the skill, as well as the mental and physical
capabilities, to perform all the tasks necessary to assure the safe maintenance
of school buses.
(3) The testing is
not purposed to test mechanic skills but to test the individual
mechanic's knowledge and performance in braking system, exhaust system,
steering mechanism, and signal system, etc. As a minimum requirement, each
participating school system shall have one certified mechanic for each
twenty-five school buses. A school bus shop foreman serving as a full-time bus
shop employee in a school system may be counted as a certified mechanic if the
foreman also performs the duties and meets the requirements of a certified
mechanic.
Notes
Author: William J. Rutherford
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยง 16-27-5.
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