Postbus drivers.

With your safe driving skills and friendly personality, you take your passengers safely and reliably to their destination.

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Tasks.

Here’s what a normal day for you looks like:

You drive regional public transport or carry out excursions or special transport services, such as replacement services.
You keep to the timetable and inform passengers about connections.
You sell tickets.
You advise passengers and provide them with information.
Depending on the route, you transport luggage, bicycles, skis, snowboards or postal items.
You help passengers with reduced mobility, e.g. getting on and off the bus. This includes operating ramps and lifts.

Qualifications.

What you have to offer:

You are at least 21 years old.
You either already have a category D licence or are ready to complete the relevant training. You must have a category C or B licence with at least two years of regular practical driving experience.
You are in good health (see minimum medical requirements).
You have completed an apprenticeship.
You have an unblemished reputation.
You have good written and spoken knowledge of at least one national language.
You ideally have foreign language skills when driving in tourist areas.
You enjoy driving. You don’t mind irregular working hours and shifts on Sundays and public holidays.

Career changers welcome.

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Change lanes and become a Postbus driver.

Do you not already drive professionally? Do you enjoy driving in your free time? If so, our career change programme may be just for you: every year, we offer a limited number of positions and train those who wish to become bus drivers.

Here’s how your training goes.

Have you been invited for a personal interview? First of all, congratulations! Before you are allowed to sit behind a Postbus wheel, you still need to complete the following steps:

1
Personal interview
2
Apply for a provisional licence
Approx. one month before appointment. Send a copy to fahrschule@postbus.ch
3
First day at work
Discuss the training programme and sign the training agreement
4
Training
Driving school and theory lessons, complete practical and theoretical examinations, introduction to operations
5
Completion of training
After approx. two months
6
Start of work
Approx. one month after completion of training or by arrangement

FAQ for career changers.

You can find answers to your burning questions here.

Training

The training takes place in the first two months after the start of the new job. During this time, you’ll receive theoretical and practical driving instruction for cat. D up to passing the exam and the theoretical introduction to operations.

After the category D test

Once you’ve passed the cat. D exam, you’ll receive a practical introduction related to your area of operation. You’ll then be ready to start work and drive our passengers safely to their destination.

You’ll receive further details about the training course during the application process.

Spontaneous applications from career changers

Our vacancies are advertised on the Jobs page. Unfortunately, we’re currently unable to consider spontaneous applications that are not submitted online for an advertised position. Thank you for your understanding.

Contact

For general questions about recruitment, you can contact karriere@post.ch.

Get your licence for driving buses.

At the PostBus driving school, we support you on the way to the category D driving licence. We make a financial contribution to help you get started on this new professional path.