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Women Bus Driver Traineeship - Women up front!

LocationMelbourne, VIC
Work TypeAny Employment
Published At:4 months ago
Job no: MQEM8
  • Great opportunity to demonstrate your customer service experience in a unique way
  • No experience necessary - full training provided
  • Best base rate across the industry - $36.80 per hour

Australia and New Zealand’s biggest and greenest bus operator, Kinetic, is looking for female trainee bus drivers. Not a bus driver, you say? Not yet, we say! All you need is a car drivers licence and a positive attitude and we’ll handle the rest.


Our Women Up Front Trainee Bus Driver program offers you the support and training you need to become a licensed and confident bus driver. This includes:

  • A friendly and supportive environment
  • An extensive induction training program with a mix of classroom and on-road training
  • Lessons to obtain a Heavy Rigid (HR) licence
  • A 12 month training program (Mix of classroom and on the job training) to gain a nationally recognised qualification (Certificate III in Driving Operations - Bus)
  • Industry leading pay throughout your training!
  • You will be assigned a Buddy throughout the training process to support your development!


We have got roles available across our below depots (please note that certain depots may have limited or no vacancies):

  • North Fitzroy
  • Doncaster
  • Sunshine West
  • Thomastown
  • Keysborough
  • Heatherton

We’re after people with:

  • Excellent customer service skills and who enjoy working with people
  • A current Australian Car driver’s licence (full licence held for at least 2 years)
  • Ability to pass a pre‐employment functional, drug and alcohol clearance
  • Ability to obtain a Driver Accreditation and Working With Children Check
  • Hold Australian work rights (Permanent Resident or Australian Citizen)

The benefits of working with us:

  • Employment with Australasia's leading mass transit bus operator
  • Best base rate, penalties and allowances across the industry - $36.80 base rate per hour
  • Full on-the-job training is offered to approved applicants
  • Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program Including wellbeing, financial and nutritional coaching, counselling, and legal advice
  • Secure employment with genuine career progression opportunities

About Us

As Australia and New Zealand’s largest and greenest bus operator, we bring passion and commitment to our important role in the community. That’s why people choose to travel with us.

Kinetic is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with our people proudly representing the community which we service.

We invite all applicants to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people from diverse social, cultural and gender backgrounds.


If you’re ready to join us in the bus lane, click the 'Apply for this job' button

For more information visit on Kinetic, visit: www.wearekinetic.com

  • Published on 08 Jan 2024, 2:05 AM