Also called: Dial-a-Ride Driver, Accessible Transit Operator
Drives wheelchair-accessible vans that take riders with disabilities door to door.
You pick up a rider in a wheelchair, secure the chair with straps, and drive them to dialysis or work. Your route changes daily and you build real relationships with your regulars.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. Driver's license (sometimes CDL) and agency training in passenger assistance.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing faster than average. Grows with an aging population.
Low risk for 10 years. Helping riders with disabilities in and out of vans keeps a person needed, even if vans someday drive themselves.
Age 21+. One way to start: Apply to your transit agency's paratransit contractor; they train you First: Passenger assistance training (like PASS) and a driving record check, 1–3 weeks
Classes: Health, Driver's education, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-3053.
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