Lea

27 minutes ago, hmc12989 said:

Classroom training is 7-3. When you get sent to the booths to observe and take over, you are at the mercy of the booth hours...and what they send you to...there is no negotiating that either. You may live deep in Brooklyn and be sent to Bedford Park Boulevard on the D which starts at 5:30am. There is no working with you if 7-3 doesn't work. You make it work or you don't keep the job. Transit expects you to make them your priority. It sucks, believe me, but it's a month. You can survive it.

Half of my class went to 14th St for their metrocard training. Half stayed at 248 for ALL of the training. We were divided alphabetically for that.

My advice if you hate mornings (as I do)...pick a tour that works for you in your class pick if you have the option. I was a zombie for the month I was in class but after that I was fortunate to pick PM tour. That too is dependent on the number of slots the class is given per tour on the pick. The department that handles staffing could just decide they need bodies on one tour and that's it.

Thanks so much for the info!

One more question, are you most likely to be placed at stations in your zone or is that also a slim chance?

20 hours ago, hmc12989 said:

There is no medical like there is for conductor. The drug test is all you do in terms of anything remotely medically related.

Of course there's training. They're not gonna send you to Parkchester on the 6 on a Monday morning without teaching you the basics - although if that's how they broke me in I probably would have quit on the spot 😂😂. Training is 5 weeks at PS248 in Brooklyn (25 Av on the D) and if you're lucky you might get to go to 14th Street for AFC training (that's the metrocard related portion of training) - or not so lucky if you live relatively close to PS248. (I live in the Bronx and had the pleasure of schlepping it to Brooklyn EVERYDAY for class...I didn't get sorted into the 14th Street group)

The first couple days is 8-4 in downtown Brooklyn - 1 day at 130 Livingston for HR related stuff, then a day at the union hall for your union orientation.

Hello, 

1. Would you be able to tell me the time that you had to report everyday for the official training? Also do you know if they were able to work with anyone that couldn’t make that time?

2. Does half of the class go to Brooklyn and the other half 14th st and then switch or is your training at just one location for the whole time?