If you require a part-time income while pursuing your other passions, don't miss the bus.

As a school bus driver with Southland Transportation or Red Arrow Transportation, you can earn extra money while still having the time and flexibility to focus on entrepreneurial pursuits or other passions.

"Driving gives you, the entrepreneur, an opportunity to devote more time in the evenings, weekends and even during the middle of the day on your other passion, invention or business," explains June Read of Calgary-based Southland Transportation.

"And it's also good for your golf game," adds Linda Kadatz of Red Arrow Transportation, which provides student transportation in Edmonton, Fort McMurray and Red Deer.

"We have a lot of drivers who like nothing better than to get in a round of golf between their morning and afternoon routes."

Southland Transportation and Red Arrow Transportation are operated by Pacific Western Transportation, one of Canada's largest privately owned people- transportation companies and an organization with a solid reputation as a responsible employer.

Student transportation drivers earn a set wage for three to six hours per weekday during the school year, while still having plenty of spare time to dedicate to their business, golf game or ballroom dancing.

It's a part-time job that is tailor-made for people who enjoy children. It's also a nice fit for retired businessmen or managers.

"We look for good solid people and people with management experience are dynamite as drivers," says Kadatz.

Pacific Western Transportation prides itself in attracting and retaining the highest calibre of personnel from a diversity of backgrounds and skills.

There are musicians, computer consultants, web page designers, tutors, estheticians, artists, firefighters, police officers, journalists, landscapers, chefs, interior decorators, real estate agents, nurses and carpenters in the driver’s seat.

Pacific Western also operates mechanically safe and sound and state-of-the-art vehicles.

New drivers are offered a free training program and paid a starting flat rate of $36 to $60 per day depending on the driving time. After three months, the salary increases to $40 to $67 per day.

If you wish to earn extra dollars while pursuing your dreams, don't miss the bus.

Contact these Pacific Western Transportation companies, get driving and don't forget to book that tee-time. Golf season is just around the corner.

* Southland Transportation
823 Highfield Ave. SE
Calgary, AB
403-287-1395
403-243-6759
E-mail: june@southland.pwt.ca

* Red Arrow Transportation
8351 McIntyre Road
Edmonton, AB
780-468-6771
E-mail: safetyandtraining@redarrow.pwt.ca