Employment opportunities at Lowell Regional Transit Authority: Here’s how to become a bus driver
By Soben Pin
There are easy steps as 1, 2, 3, to get your CDL-B license then you’ll work for Lowell Regional Transit Authority which headquarter locates at 100 Hale St. Lowell, MA.
Career opportunities are in all time high due to the record low unemployment rate. “We used to have applications stack up and people are still waiting outside to apply. Now nobody” said David Westcott of Dispatcher/Supervisor.
Careers at LRTA offers competitive benefits and with an annual salary of 51k after 2 years of service, would promote to full-time pay rate. Benefits include holidays pay, vacations, and 401k.
The bus driving career starts with your physical test by Department of Transportation doctor that you’re physically fit to drive, then you may proceed to RMV or online at rmv.com where you’ll study for two endorsement: 1) learner permit test, 2) consist of passenger + air endorsement in the GDL-manual of 180 pages which covers cars, trucks, bus. You would study the “bus” section.
The test is true or false and multiple choice questions. After passing the test, you may begin 80 hours of training at LRTA by David Westcott who was mentioned earlier in this article. The steps are relatively easy. “There are few Cambodian speaking bus drivers who already have been working for several years and they are some of the best drivers we have, we would love to have more people to apply” said George Anastas, General Manager at LRTA.
“We have a fleet of 50 state of the art vehicles serving 20 bus routes in the region, most recently 15 vehicles are brand new. We use cleaned dial fuel, some of the buses are hybrid, electric vehicles” said Anastas .
LRTA fixed bus routes communities are Lowell, Chelmsford, Tyngsboro, Dracut, Tewksbury, Burlington, Billerica, Westford, Andover. More info at www.lrta.com
Photo caption:
George Anastas, General Manager, Soben Pin, Co-founder/Publisher of the KhmerPost USA; Dawn Marvin, Operation Manager; David Westcott, Dispatcher/Supervisor.
