Dubai: About 1,000 women school bus supervisors will join Emirates Transport in the next academic year, the country’s largest school transport provider has announced.
School buses carrying female students are to have women supervisors as mandated by the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai.
Announcing the move, Jasem Mohammad Al Shair, Manager of the Emirates Transport School Services Centre, said the company will provide the new supervisors with full job training covering transport and safety issues as well as child handling skills.
Al Shair said the latest recruitment drive aims to boost the student transport services provided by Emirates Transport to private schools in all emirates.
“Demand for bus supervisors has been increasing steadily since we started offering the service to private schools last year,” said Al Shair.
He added: “We are anticipating the demand to continue increasing for the upcoming academic year, which is why we have already began the recruitment process and aim to have up to 1,000 new bus supervisors on our books by September.”
Currently, Emirates Transport has 5,500 school bus supervisors working for both government and private schools across the UAE.
Bus supervisors undergo extensive training before starting their jobs and on a regular basis during the academic year. Training involves basic duties, transport-related health and safety, first aid, as well as child interaction skills.
In Dubai, the supervisors and drivers are specially trained and approved by RTA.