I've always wanted to be a train conductor/operator it's even in my elementary school yearbook section of what do you want to be when you grow up. I hadn't researched when i was in H.S and didn't know that all i needed was a high school diploma. Does anybody know when the next exam will be?
Train Conductor Exam
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Curtispaul81
, Jan 16 2013 01:52 AM
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 07:34 AM
you need to keep an eye on dcas. take the test and they will call you depend on your score. they was hiring in 2011. so it can be 5 to 10 years from now. i was on that list but had to declined.
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 09:29 AM
you need to keep an eye on dcas. take the test and they will call you depend on your score. they was hiring in 2011. so it can be 5 to 10 years from now. i was on that list but had to declined.
DCAS dont control that anymore i believe, the MTA controls that Now the testing and everything. If what i was told is correct Open Competitive T/O test aren't coming back. Got to start as a CR then take a promo test.
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 10:50 AM
Correct, anything MTA related is on MTA's employment page now and not on DCAS.
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 11:28 AM
Look out for Metro North, SIR, or LIRR's tests as well, as they will come up occasionally. The railroad's (except SIR) are both easier and harder to get into. Easier because they opportunities come up more often than NYCT tests. Harder because the process is longer and is more merit based than a test. PATH is an option as well, you can go over and check the Port Authority website for info on that. Please disregard this post if you really want to work in the subways of NYCT.
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 02:17 PM
Be advised that for the next C/R exam, there is going to be a 2 years of professional customer service prerequisite. So if you're looking to take the next exam, be sure to find employment in the meantime that can be considered to have a customer service aspect.
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 02:42 PM
Be advised that for the next C/R exam, there is going to be a 2 years of professional customer service prerequisite. So if you're looking to take the next exam, be sure to find employment in the meantime that can be considered to have a customer service aspect.
In other words, they are looking to cut down on the # of C/R's hired 
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Posted 17 January 2013 - 07:47 PM
DCAS dont control that anymore i believe, the MTA controls that Now the testing and everything. If what i was told is correct Open Competitive T/O test aren't coming back. Got to start as a CR then take a promo test.
Yeah i've been gathering information in the past few days and I've come across that same information about the OC T/O test not coming back.
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Posted 17 January 2013 - 07:49 PM
Be advised that for the next C/R exam, there is going to be a 2 years of professional customer service prerequisite. So if you're looking to take the next exam, be sure to find employment in the meantime that can be considered to have a customer service aspect.
I'm still trying to land my first real job haha. I've done stuff for summer youth & work study for my college. Both of them do not come close to a year. Would a job at a supermarket be a good start?
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Posted 17 January 2013 - 09:41 PM
I'm still trying to land my first real job haha. I've done stuff for summer youth & work study for my college. Both of them do not come close to a year. Would a job at a supermarket be a good start?
Thats how i started in a supermarket! Yes i Listed that as well!
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Posted 18 January 2013 - 12:29 AM
I tell all those people working in Target whenever i shop there in uniform and they are amazed on how i got such a position so young. Thing is too, most of them have GED/HSD and just messed up after that... and they had no idea about civil service.
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Posted 18 January 2013 - 01:16 AM
I tell all those people working in Target whenever i shop there in uniform and they are amazed on how i got such a position so young. Thing is too, most of them have GED/HSD and just messed up after that... and they had no idea about civil service.
How old were you when you got it? I'm nineteen going on twenty in june. I got my HSD back in 2011 and completely forgot about wanting to work for the MTA system. Music was on mind until like three days ago. Since then I've been trying to get everything I'll need together for when I see it posted in the MTA employment page.
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Posted 18 January 2013 - 10:35 AM
How old were you when you got it? I'm nineteen going on twenty in june. I got my HSD back in 2011 and completely forgot about wanting to work for the MTA system. Music was on mind until like three days ago. Since then I've been trying to get everything I'll need together for when I see it posted in the MTA employment page.
24. Because of the usual ~five year gap between tests (at that time), the first time I was eligible to take it I was 21. Some who really want to come down here luck out and a test comes out soon after graduation and they get down here at ~20.
Edited by TwoTimer, 18 January 2013 - 10:36 AM.
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Posted 18 January 2013 - 10:52 AM
24. Because of the usual ~five year gap between tests (at that time), the first time I was eligible to take it I was 21. Some who really want to come down here luck out and a test comes out soon after graduation and they get down here at ~20.
Whoa five year gap. geezz. Is the gap similar like that now? If so, do you remember when was the last C/R test?
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Posted 19 January 2013 - 12:57 AM
Whoa five year gap. geezz. Is the gap similar like that now? If so, do you remember when was the last C/R test?
2008. Remember, promotional C/R called before O/C. They just got the O/C list last year.
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Posted 19 January 2013 - 07:39 AM
As TwoTimer said, keep an eye on the MTA railroads as well. Metro North is looking to start 6 conductor training classes this year.
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Posted 19 January 2013 - 08:53 AM
As TwoTimer said, keep an eye on the MTA railroads as well. Metro North is looking to start 6 conductor training classes this year.
And I start with MNR next week, would have been last November, but some loose ends had to be tied up.
Edited by TwoTimer, 19 January 2013 - 08:54 AM.
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Posted 20 January 2013 - 08:55 AM
And I start with MNR next week, would have been last November, but some loose ends had to be tied up.
Sweet! Engineer or C/R?
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Posted 21 January 2013 - 09:05 PM
Sweet! Engineer or C/R?
C/R
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Posted 23 January 2013 - 08:01 AM
Good Luck TwoTimer. I'm told that the conductor orientation was to start today with HR. Basically just filling out forms, getting ID's, having department heads come talk to you that you'll forget their names 5 minutes later and you will never see them again anyway.
Tomorrow is when the real training starts. You'll report to 7th floor, B Hall and get issued a whole bunch of stuff (course outline, PPE, rule book, etc). You'll also have to sign a contract of sorts making it known that you must past the tests or risk being written up or terminated from the program.
Also, enjoy the weekend off now for the next ten months. Once you mark up, your weekend will be days other than Sat/Sun.
Edited by Truckie, 23 January 2013 - 08:02 AM.
