Working Conditions
(Community Shuttle Operators)
- Community Shuttle Operators are skilled professionals who provide safe, courteous and accessible public transit service. Their job is very dynamic and they are exposed to a variety of working conditions.
- You will be required to work varying shifts throughout the day. This could involve split shifts where you would have two or three pieces of work within a twelve-hour period. You will get paid only for the hours you work.
- Your work could be assigned from a "spare-board". This means that your work could be assigned to you on a daily basis and as a result, you will need to be flexible to change. Most work for Shuttle operators is scheduled and planned in advance, but last minute changes do occasionally happen.
- Community Shuttle Operators are required to work Saturday and Sunday and are guaranteed 15 hours per week.
- You will be working in a unionized environment. Your vacation selection will be limited and based on seniority. You must have at least one year of employment to be eligible for vacation entitlement.
- As a new Shuttle operator trainee, you will be paid a rate of $17.15 per hour for the five-week, training program (21 day).
- If successful in the training program, Community Shuttle operators are paid a rate of $20.18 per hour. Community Shuttle operators who work a minimum of 20 hours per week would be eligible for benefits.
- The nature of this part time work will appeal to the following; students, retired people, stay at home parents or those individuals who are looking for a second job that averages 20 hours a week.
- All Community Shuttle operator positions are covered in the A.T.U. Local 583 collective agreement, but not all provisions of the agreement apply to them. All work that is assigned is based on Calgary Transit's operational needs.
- After starting employment, employees may be eligible to move to full-time status by working a minimum of 37.5 hours per week (subject to availability of full-time positions).
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