TraDon

To anyone who hasn't been contacted for pre-employment yet, or if you already have been contacted...please get all your information together now so you can save yourself the headache and stress of trying to get things together last minute. You will need originals of: High School or College Diploma (transcripts seem to suffice for some); Birth Certificate or Passport; Social Security Card, and Vaccination Card (anyone hired after mid November of 2021 will have to show proof of vaccination).

You will need your job history from the time you left high school. If you were unemployed for any point in time from high school to present day then you say you were unemployed. If you were laid off, put that. If you were fired do not lie about it. Put you were fired. There will be a separate area for you to explain why you were fired. You will need addresses, phone numbers and contact people for every job you list. Get all of that together NOW. 

If you have any tickets or pending tickets you will have to have those paid off or beat BEFORE you go in for pre-employment or you will be turned away until you pay or beat them. Do not show up to 180 Livingston with unpaid tickets because they will tell you to pay them on the spot or leave.

You will be asked if you've ever been arrested and/or jailed. Answer truthfully please.

You can find a blank copy of the pre-employment packet of forms here. There is another form on that page that you will have to fill out if you pass the drug test and make it to the medical day of pre-employment. It is a very similar form but a little more details are asked of you.

Sorry for the long post but people keep asking questions that have already been answered previously. Hopefully this helps.

1 hour ago, Lawrence St said:

Is this list close to being finished?

The list is supposed to expire next month (February, 2022) but it seems  likely they will extend it. They keep calling people to take the OPA. I think they would save resources if they weren't extending the life of the list. I hope it is extended because I am still on medical hold.

1 hour ago, mibrahim12 said:

What is on the opa please?

I believe OPA stands for Oral Proficiency Assessment. You will be in a room with two people. One will ask you questions while the other observes and takes notes. You will either be shown or told of scenarios that you might encounter while employed as a conductor. You'll be asked questions based on those scenarios and then asked what you would do. That is all that is on the OPA. It is a Pass or Fail exam so there are not numerical scores. Once the exam is done you will eventually get your Pass or Fail status sent to you in an email. Should you Pass, your name will remain on the list and you would wait until they get to your list number for Pre-employment.

6 hours ago, Joon said:

I am on medical hold also and waiting for being called to have a practical test since Oct in 2021. But I haven't get any call for that and I found that there was their mistake. They said they would reschedule, but still I am waiting for the practical test being scheduled since Dec in 2021. Do you have any contact information who schedule Medical Practical Test? This is really frustrating......

If you're on medical hold then you just do whatever the letter says that their doctors gave to you. For instance, if they suspect you have sleep apnea you need a sleep study to show you either do or do not have it. If you have it then you need 30 days of cpap data to give back to them to clear the hold.

You need to clear the hold first. If you're unclear about the medical hold then I would suggest you go up to 180 Livingston and tell them that you're there for clarification as to what you need to do.

1 hour ago, Roro said:

I also have a graduate degree and am possibly interested in doing something on the admin side that is more of a  9-5 Mon-Fri if that exists  

 

 

You can find all the MTA jobs that do not require an exam here: https://new.mta.info/careers

There are many links there so just read through it. You can apply to these jobs with a resume, if it requires one, and go from there.

10 hours ago, Dunnitall said:

I received a call for pre employment for January 7th 2022 at 7am. But I never received an email or a packet in the mail. What do I do? Please help 

On 12/23/2021 at 11:06 AM, DreamBiG said:

I am sure this is in this thread apologies if I am asking a Repetitive question. I received a call and this text message yesterday: 

New York City Transit is considering you for a Train Operator position and invites you to our facility at 180 Livingston Street 5th floor, Brooklyn NY, 1 1 2 0 1 on Tuesday, January 04, 2022  at  6:30 AM for your pre-employment process. Please check your email and follow all instructions in order to prevent a delay in your processing and bring your completed application with you.

I haven't received an email. What exactly do I need to bring? Is there anyone I can contact to receive the email? 

My list number is 32xx 

On 12/23/2021 at 11:34 AM, TraDon said:

You should be getting an email.but if not here's the canvass that I assume you already filled out: Canvass and the 21 page form that is basically the same thing CPD-B

Just fill both out if you haven't already. You can also try emailing the following in HR:

RTOEmploymentOperations@nyct.com

Michelle.Rivera-Vargas@nyct.com

Olha.nyahay@nyct.com

Include the position, exam number, your list number for that exam, the last 4 digits of your SS number.

20 minutes ago, DreamBiG said:

I am sure this is in this thread apologies if I am asking a Repetitive question. I received a call and this text message yesterday: 

New York City Transit is considering you for a Train Operator position and invites you to our facility at 180 Livingston Street 5th floor, Brooklyn NY, 1 1 2 0 1 on Tuesday, January 04, 2022  at  6:30 AM for your pre-employment process. Please check your email and follow all instructions in order to prevent a delay in your processing and bring your completed application with you.

I haven't received an email. What exactly do I need to bring? Is there anyone I can contact to receive the email? 

My list number is 32xx 

You should be getting an email.but if not here's the canvass that I assume you already filled out: Canvass and the 21 page form that is basically the same thing CPD-B

Just fill both out if you haven't already. You can also try emailing the following in HR:

RTOEmploymentOperations@nyct.com

Michelle.Rivera-Vargas@nyct.com

Olha.nyahay@nyct.com

Include the position, exam number, your list number for that exam, the last 4 digits of your SS number.

1 hour ago, Jchambers2120 said:

More than likely the list will be extended. They updated their exams schedule and there isn’t another one to replace this one. As short as they are they’re not going to stop hiring they’re having trouble making service with the personal we have now. 

I hope it does get extended. They didn't clear my medical hold so I'm starting the process over again and may not make the 12/27 class so I'm banking on an extension of the list. Just don't want to get my hopes up until it is officially extended. 

I was told the last class that has been scheduled for Conductor is Monday December 27th 2021. They haven't been told if there will be an extension and there are no other class dates after 12/27 that are on the calendar right now.

32 minutes ago, Mohamed said:

Does anyone know if this list will be extended, since it's expiring next year February

No one knows for sure or else someone would've posted that information here by now. I know that HR also doesn't know if the list will be extended beyond the 2/2022 expiration. They are waiting for the news as well.

15 hours ago, kinks007 said:

How do we contact MTA to let them know our email and phone number has changed ?

Try emailing the following in HR:

RTOEmploymentOperations@nyct.com

ecmro@nyct.com

Michelle.Rivera-Vargas@nyct.com

Olha.nyahay@nyct.com

Include the position, exam number, your list number for that exam, the last 4 digits of your SS number and the changes to your contact information. 

This whole thing is so confusing. I get my results back to them via email before my final medical hold day and get an email on the final medical hold day to come back in for drug testing. MAC says my medical hold has expired so I need to visit HR. HR doesn't have me on their list to come in today but has someone with my same last name and first initial. Maybe it was clerical error? This whole thing is backwards.

On 12/16/2021 at 4:32 PM, Gullys said:

Walk in that building and tell them your issue 

I got a response to my emails yesterday and now I'm back in the pre-employment loop with drug testing this coming week.

17 minutes ago, Schecter said:

Did you try calling anybody to see what's going on?

I emailed a bunch of people but haven't tried calling anyone yet. The calls never seem to go through for me. 

@ronZO215 I have the same issue. I was told 100 days from my medical date to clear the hold. It took almost all of that time to get my sleep and cpap titration studies done. All I did was email them the results of both studies. I sent that email over a week ago but no response yet. My 100 days is up on 12/17 so I think I'll just show up at 180 and figure out what the deal is.

I finally got all my sleep apnea testing done and emailed HR all the results last week. I really hope they go over everything and call me back in without me having to just show up to 180 one morning. 

12 hours ago, Invzo1019 said:

Can someone help me please.  A few weeks ago i went to pre employment but i did not have my SS card. they told me to call back when i got my SS card to reschedule a date to start the hiring process..  i keep trying a few numbers but it always goes straight to voice mail... does anyone know what I need to do to get the hiring process started again?  

8 hours ago, YpresmanBK said:

I’m having the same exact issue … 

Try emailing these people:

RTOEmploymentOperations@nyct.com
Nayibel.Mejia-Burbano@nyct.com

Michelle Riverva-Vargas @ (347) 643-8218 Michelle.Rivera-Vargas@nyct.com

Olha Nyahay @ (347) 643-8217 Olha.nyahay@nyct.com

Also, try Emma Marie Rivera (manager of employment operations and EVP/human resources)

(347) 643-8523

Emma.Rivera@nyct.com

49 minutes ago, Throwingaway000 said:

Hello all, 

I'm lower 1000s on the list, completed the pre employment packet, and I received this email Thu.

 

the email asks to bring proof of 2 vax, and drug screen from a lab. There's just no possible way to get that done from when I received the email on Thursday, to Monday morning . 

Is this the first piss test, or is this a meet and greet to collect ss card, diploma, etc... ?  Jeans and a Polo shirt should be fine I assume? 

 

any advice would be helpful, appreciate it, thanks.

It is the drug test. You do not have to get a drug test somewhere else and then bring the results to them. You will be drug tested there at 180 Livingston. You will bring in your ID, SS card, etc. along with the completed forms that they asked you to email back to them. You can dress up if you want but when I was there I saw people in sweats or jeans as well as people in business suits. Treat it as business casual (whatever that means to you). I keep seeing vaccinations are required and you need to be 2 weeks out from your last shot (2nd if Moderna or Pfizer/1st if J&J) before you start work, should you be offered the job.

16 minutes ago, Nat1118 said:

Do I have to bring my HS diploma at my pre employment on Monday? And roughly how long does it take to be called for medical and then a job offer? My list number is 48xx

Yes. It is mentioned on the instructions of things you need to bring with you. If you can't find it then you will need an official transcript. If you have a college diploma then you can bring that instead. An official college transcript will suffice as well. If you are missing things on the list they will ask you to go home and bring them back that day if you have time.

It can take anywhere from 3 to 90 days to be called back for medical. There is supposed to be a Conductor class starting on December 6th (per an email I received when inquiring about my medical hold) so you might be called back quickly.

49 minutes ago, Justyn Biggers said:

On the pre-employment package. It saids

to bring a “Successful completion of a drug/alcohol laboratory examination.” Is this something i supposed to do before i come in for pre-employment? 

 

No. You will be drug tested at 180 Livingston when you go in for pre-employment. 

On 11/14/2021 at 8:52 PM, TraDon said:

I have been on medical hold since early September. Was told to get checked for sleep apnea. Thought it would be a quick and painless process. Cut to now and I am still in the process of testing for it; I do have sleep apnea but need to be tested again for the correct cpap configuration. My insurance has been a complete and total pain in the a** by taking weeks to authorize anything. It looks like I will lose the opportunity to get this job. 😭

On 11/15/2021 at 11:00 AM, ronZO215 said:

I feel your pain. Was suppose to be in the Nov 1st class(list# 34xx) but got put on medical hold bc of  my 18.5 inch neck smh. Everything was good EXCEPT my damn neck size and won't get my results back til the first week of Jan SMH. Praying that all who got put on this hold makes the cutoff cuz it's BS.  

Yeah similar for me but I was supposed to be in a September class. Hoping once I get the second result they will at least accept that and I can get them 30 days of cpap sleep results later.

I have been on medical hold since early September. Was told to get checked for sleep apnea. Thought it would be a quick and painless process. Cut to now and I am still in the process of testing for it; I do have sleep apnea but need to be tested again for the correct cpap configuration. My insurance has been a complete and total pain in the a** by taking weeks to authorize anything. It looks like I will lose the opportunity to get this job. 😭

3 hours ago, ix360xi said:

Do we go by the List # or the Cert #? Thx

You asked this same question in the Station Agent 6600 thread and I answered you there; but I will try to explain it better.

You always go by list number. Your list number is your place in line for possibly getting the job.

The certification number applies when they open a certain number of spaces (certify) to bring people in for employment.

So, let's say they certify 500 spots from any given list but they have already hired 1500 people from that list. The next 500 list numbers would also have a certification number associated with them meaning that those 500 are now available to be picked from to be employed. 

So, your list number is the only number that stays the same and that matters really.

36 minutes ago, ix360xi said:

Do we go by the List # or the Cert #? Thx

List number always

11 hours ago, Jlw1993 said:

I noticed on some of the earlier pages people mentioning receiving a letter about an OPA before being notified about pre employment. My list number is 63xx and I was wondering should I still expect to get a pre employment letter; even though I never got a OPA letter? Thank you in advance.

The OPA (Oral Proficiency Assessment) was a two section additional exam of sorts. I'm not exactly sure what to call it. I took it at some point in 2018 and got my result (passing) via email and phone call in 2019. This was well after taking the 6601 exam in 2016.

Not sure what to say if you've never took the OPA. From what I gathered back then, you would not be considered for the position if you didn't take and pass the OPA. Maybe it doesn't matter? I have no idea.

My list number is 30xx.