FAQs

If the regular nine-to-five working life is not for you, our driving positions work on a rotating roster and provide the option to boost your pay through voluntary weekend shifts.

Your roster may include a mixture of morning, afternoon, evening, or spread shifts, working five days (Monday – Friday), with voluntary overtime available on Saturdays and Sundays.

A spread shift means you will do some hours in the morning, then have a break of greater than 90 minutes before completing the remainder of your shift in the afternoon. This shift covers our busy AM and PM peak periods. Spread shifts, will commence no earlier than 05:45 and finish no later than 19:45. Shenton Park or Mount Claremont depots.

We offer voluntary overtime on weekends (penalty rates are based on Fulltime Overtime rates), as well as regular charter opportunities to cover rail replacement services or for special events. You can determine how much you earn, so long as your working hours do not breach industry fatigue regulations.

Weekend work is optional which means it is paid at the appropriate overtime rates. Penalty rates are based on Fulltime Overtime rates.

You will commence employment with us on a casual basis before moving to part-time or full-time employment.

The current base rate of pay is $34.26 per hour for full time employees and $41.10 per hour for casual employees (these rates are amended from time to time in line with the Enterprise Agreement).

Initially you will be employed as a casual employee and you do not have any leave entitlements, however, as you transition into a part-time or full-time employee you will then be entitled to a range of paid and unpaid leave options including:

• Annual leave (25 days per year)
• Personal/Carer’s leave
• Compassionate leave
• Long service leave
• Community service leave
• Leave to deal with family or domestic violence
• Unpaid parental, maternity, and adoption leave

As a trainee bus driver, you will:

• Have additional roster options such as special events work (AM and PM shifts)
• Have secure employment with a diverse, Australian company
• Have access to other career opportunities within the business

We have 17 depots in Western Australia located at Karrinyup, Joondalup, Nowergup, Wangara, Mt Claremont, Shenton Park, Beenyup, Beckenham, Southern River, Ellenbrook, Canning Vale, Mundaring, Midvale. Regional locations in Kalgoorlie, Albany, Bunbury, Busselton.

While we do our best to place you at the most convenient depot for you, initially you may get placed at a depot where you are needed most. You can apply for a transfer to a different depot, which we will do our best to facilitate when vacancies become available.

While there are opportunities for you to boost your pay through weekend voluntary overtime and special events work, we don’t allow you to work more than 6 days a week to help manage fatigue and ensure a work/life balance.

We provide 3 days of classroom-based training as well as 6-days of on-road training. You will be provided feedback daily on how you are going regarding driving skills. All training is fully paid.

While we offer additional ‘buddy’ or ‘mentor’ support if required, there may come a time when we must accept that even with more training, being a bus driver may not be the career for you. As stated above, we will provide you feedback daily so you will know if you are doing well and where you need to improve.

Yes. You will need to undertake a pre-employment medical, musculoskeletal and fitness test and Drug & Alcohol test.