Zoey

34 minutes ago, 2ride said:

If 2 ppl get 100 on conductor exam, does it rank by seniority in terms of when you apply or it goes by ssn? Someone knows?

5th digit of your SSN. So if yours is 0, you’re first and I think they go by your sixth if you have the same number. If you have 9 for your 5th digit, you’ll most likely have the highest list number in your percentile

14 hours ago, Marv said:

So what makes the final offer? How do they decide that? Or they just bringing you in to talk to you? This process is crazy lol. Sorry to keep asking you questions bro. Just confusing to me. 

When you do pre-employment and the drug test during the first step, the MTA looks at both. If they like the packet and you pass the drug test, you are given a conditional offer of employment, meaning if you pass medical, the job is yours. There is no pass or fail with final processing. You literally just go in for finger prints and your pass photo to get your start date.

I wore a north face jacket and sweats every time I went. Just follow instructions when you get there and you’ll be alright. I’ve worn a suit and tie for other civil service titles but not this one.

3 hours ago, Marv said:

@Zoey Do you know how long it takes to hear back? Or is everyone different? And what is the difference between capital and maintenance? 

It took me about 60 days from pre-employment to medical. Then when I qualified for medical, I was asked to come back the next day which made me miss that class so I waited a month to start training.

Capital reports directly to the job site. You do not report to the picked location. You get travel time pay and overtime is built in. Most of the time you work under general orders which are out of service tracks. 

Maintenance reports directly to the picked location and then you report to the job site. I got maintenance nights out of school and I would say it’s a good place to learn. Though overtime is scarce in some spots. If there are overtime sheets, you bid with seniority. 

9 hours ago, Trackguy718 said:

Anybody know what shift would more likely be available after ojt?

Most likely 10 PM - 6 AM or 11 PM - 7 AM. Our class had capital and maintenance days available as well and that was 8 AM - 4 PM. 

On 3/17/2023 at 2:33 PM, Trackguy718 said:

Do anybody know the work days is it Monday to Friday or random days off each week or a set schedule ?

You’ll have weekends off during training and when you get to your reporting location as a X man out of OJT you’ll have a steady tour and RDO’s.

On 3/7/2023 at 8:55 PM, Bronxster said:

Got the email today for pre employment #38** and I’m reading all the papers I have to fill out.
 

I have 2 questions, the first one is do they call the employer that fired me? if I got my first vaccine on 2021 and thinking of getting the second one this week. Will I have an issue getting hired? I’m not fully vaccinated right now and my appointment is 3/15 

If the two dose vaccination requirement is still in place, than you are being sent home. I would schedule for the second dose immediately and do the math on when the two weeks are up so that they can reschedule you. 

Any idea when these X’s are gonna do their own mini pick? 

Starting pay is $25.45. Induction is for two weeks. We had mostly 6 AM - 2 PM’s but we did 3 PM - 11 PM’s a couple of times. You’ll do orientation and union for one day each and then you’ll learn track in class and do track safety during this time.

The remaining 4 weeks will be OJT which is 8 AM - 4 PM In either Brooklyn or the Bronx. Depends on what you’re able to pick.

Mine is 437XX.. let’s get this pension y’all 🙏 

16 hours ago, RoyalJD said:

Good day everyone.  Is it possible for someone to explain what is a Certification Sequence Number? I see my name with a new number on the list numerous times but I don't know what it means. I'd appreciate some assistance.  Thank you in advance. 

How many people that need to be considered for appointment before you are. If a person has a list number of let’s say 10 and they reinstated with DCAS and nobody with a lower list number reinstated, then they are assigned sequence #1. They just requested names that were appointed many months ago, including mine when they shouldn’t have. I got an email inviting me for pre employment a couple of weeks ago. Been on since March lol

I’m in the dark with list numbers. I know with these OT sheets, I’m seeing seniority numbers over 100 from mine. I’m sure they are well in the 2200’s now then.. heard the goal is 2300’s but you know, everything is hearsay until it happens

12 hours ago, BKNYC said:

I’m in the 7k should I have any hope? LOL

I’m 917x and I still haven’t given up hope lol

1 minute ago, Danny11207 said:

Do you know when you receive your passes ? 

You’ll get it your first day there. They probably won’t tell you this but they give it out in seniority order. First person called is number one. Last person called has the least seniority. At least that’s how it went with our class. 

1 hour ago, Danny11207 said:

I heard after the 2 weeks at ps248 they give you a test. How’s the test ? Easy ? 

The instructor goes over the material everyday with the class so it’s not hard at all. May seem overwhelming at first but you’ll be alright. It’ll all click and you’ll catch onto it. They don’t expect you to know everything in two weeks. 

4 hours ago, Danny11207 said:

I’m curious to know if they give test or quizzes during the training 

During the induction training at 248, they’ll go over track theory in class. You’ll also do Track Safety where you’ll go on live train tracks. You’ll be tested on both of those things in class. There will be a final on the last day most likely.

As far as on the job training goes, there aren’t any tests. It’s all hands on.

On 5/14/2022 at 8:45 PM, Kidbx175 said:

Seniority number or list number?

Definitely seniority number. 

New class graduated yesterday. Highest seniority in that class was 2099. Mostly maintenance night spots. Utica was the last to be picked and that quarters had multiple spots lol

41 minutes ago, Bronxster said:

Okay. So do we have to write it down once we fill out the employment history or they don’t check? 

Yes they do check.  Make sure you’re honest about everything. Articulate yourself well on the additional sheets about the situation and you’ll be okay. 

Just a general statement for everyone who’s interested in the job. Always stay clean. Two people in my class during training got randoms their first month and it’s a lottery for everyone. This isn’t a moving title but it is very dangerous so the MTA cares about safety in that regard.  It becomes a moving title if you bid and get a Chauffeur or Crane job so you need a clean driving record for those I think. Stay safe everyone!

Just now, Marv said:

What does capital day/night mean? Sorry for all the questions. This is my first time taking a civil service test and I know nothing about this stuff and how it works. 

Capital nights gets it in. They deal with work trains and a lot of fumes. If you like overtime and a lot of work, that’ll be it. If you work maintenance, like dman said you’ll have the same quarters you report to and some of the work is tedious and not as heavy as capital construction

1 minute ago, Marv said:

@Zoey do you know where they are in the hiring as far as list number? I heard they were in the 21/2200’s for pre employment. 

No idea but I wouldn’t be surprised there are some 1900’s at 248 right now who will start training this Monday. We went in ojt with a class that had two weeks left.. once we made our two weeks, a new class joined us. We just left and a new class will be joining the one that joined us before we graduated so classes are rolling over and haven’t stopped yet 

54 minutes ago, onetime said:

How long after doing the drug test at the PE did you guys get emailed back to go in for the medical?

6 days

It was great having Jackson with otj. Now working maintenance nights so far and it’s been very interesting. Still feel like I got a lot to learn but like with everything, experience comes with time.

Our class was the last to pick and we didn’t have any cleaning. It was E180 capital days.. the rest were maintenance nights like 14th, Times Square, Grand Central Shuttle, 149 Grand Concourse and so on. We go there after this week. The class that picks tomorrow, their seniority stops at 2099 and they have one maintenance day spot at West Farms and everything else looks like maintenance in Brooklyn mostly. The class that finished before us all got cleaning. Not sure about anything before that lol

On 4/13/2022 at 7:32 PM, dman1455 said:

That's dope, hopefully they hit the 2200's so it's back to how it was during SAP. I saw a class doing OJT in Coney Island on Monday between Stillwell Yard and Coney Island terminal.

That’s definitely our other half down there in Brooklyn. Must be nice for them lol they said 5 more classes are scheduled after us. Mini pick was also done last week. Capital days was open for E180. The rest was maintenance nights