tprashad0719

I was hired as a temporary worker for signal maintainer due to me passing the practical exam,yea it's not easy in signal school but from talking to a lot of people 

.its better to start off as a helper then promote to maintainer..

Temp worker is when you pass an exam

Provisional is when you took no exams ,in order to be permanent you'll have to pass the written or practical 

Nope  I was called in for signal maintainer, but unfortunately during training I didnt pass 1 of the practical to move on ,

I took it in April 2017 and was called in October 2017,list still isn't established as yet..I took exam.8611 and scored only a 82.5 so I'm not too excited on that but you never know..

That is correct ,lately they been calling people in before the list gets established for temporary positions until the list gets established 

Provision position is when you get hired thru resume and never took a test ,in order for not to be provisional you need to take the civil exam

Have anyone ever heard people who took the signal maintainer practical was getting called in for car inspector?

Anyone went to the protest?

Being in the field ,I see that car inspector and light maintainer might be better jobs for me

I know that feeling,I was off from the streets when called in for signal maintainer, I didnt pass the line control practical and was sent back to the streets..its good to start off as a helper such as yourself then move your way up..signal maintenance might seem easy but to get pass the school is the hardest part because your craming in so much info within 5 months..Ihad to be a signalmaintainer helper for 5 months getting signal maintainer pay..all i did was flagging...didnt learn nothing and alot of maintainsers are laid back and dont wanna teach you anything because their getting nothing for it

Where your working out of? Why didnt you sign up for the signal maintainer exam a few months ago?

How are you liking signals Jake? Out of all the positions that is one I dont want to go haha

If I didnt have to watch my daughter I would of went because I thought I did better then a score of 82%

What session was you jake?

Wow 95 your good ,i swear i was confident i did better then 82.5% ,test wasn't hard but I hope the protest helps

I have a feeling that there will be a lot of protesting so we might do better then the proposed answer posted since it's not finalized

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Exam information 

I took this exam on July 21, 2018 session 1 @8am

I thought I scored good on this exam and just checked my results..I got 33 out of 40 scoring 82.5

Kinda disappointed, I hope some questions get protested

First 3 i got.  DAD

Last 3. ADA

oh, that's a new thing now , I was called for Signal Maintainer, I know the training is a lot so that's why its probably conditional?

hey guys I got called for final processing and was told to bring in money orders for finger printing and process fee, since when MTA does this? I thought this would come out of your first check

BTW  , what is conditional position?

those guys who say they never took a test are the ones who came in by resume , they HAVE to pass the test in order to become permanent, some guys are just not cut out for exams and got to comfortable as a provisional, so if you pass your exam or even get a list# from education and experience your still above them

i have to go in next Sunday 3/25/18 for electrical helper BUT, I took the signal maintainer practical exam in April 2017 and got called on OCT 2017, took a drug test and pre-employment , the letter states Temporary position but I guess you start off like that till your permanent , I didn't hear back from them until 3/15/18  to come in for another drug test..i actually gave up on this exam after not hearing for months..so I went in on 3/16/18 and I had to redue back my pre-employment application and drug test which is crazy ..they said the application and drug test aren't good anymore after 3 months..so now I am thinking not to go thru with he electrical helper now since I got called for signal maintainer?

even if you take this other exam in July you will be hired as provisional, the education and experience is the same thing as you taking the exam "multiple choice"  both you get a list # when established, if I was you I would take this signal maintainer exam that is currently out now and work as a helper in the mean time ..look at provisional as probation time that's all, I hardly heard of MTA laying off people

my thing is this, I applied for exam 8606 as an "experience and education" application vs taking an exam for this...got a letter yesterday to come in 3/25/18 which is a SUNDAY? for a oral communication test , ( they just want to see if you know English) this is for a provisional position , would this ever change to Permanent?  do we get a list # from this ? I paid $61 for this application just like any other exam vs resume

I also passed the signal maintainer exam and was called in for a drug test in oct 2017 but never heard anything back, when I called they now telling me there taking people from the old list , so that was just a waste of my time

i just got the letter yesterday to come in for some oral communication exam on 3/25/2018, it says provisional on the letter

hey guys, I applied for exam 8606 transit electrical helper in OCT 2017 and received a letter today for the same thing, the application was based on experience and education where there was no exam giving, is this job safe to proceed ? its for a "provisional" position and I am currently working at in my job for over 10 years now so its hard to make the move for a "provisional"

Moussaberte, why take the exam again if your already in?

hey guys, I applied for exam 8606 transit electrical helper in OCT 2017 and received a letter today for the same thing, the application was based on experience and education where there was no exam giving, is this job safe to proceed ? its for a "provisional" position and I am currently working at in my job for over 10 years now so its hard to make the move for a "provisional" position