Starsky

here is a little tip guys they give you the options to buy your own shoes choose wisely. you can buy two pairs only. This below is their more broad selection, but the mta gives you a selection of only 12 shoes from safgard and you can only have two pairs. i went with a winter style boot and summer/spring style boot. https://www.safgard.com/mens-shoes?utm_campaign=sg+safgard&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_content=SFW+Safgard&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw_LOwBhBFEiwAmSEQAbFo806D-YMiGtFexIobqISXaNqYc_qaeqUh6bLDVY43r6qqvG67bhoCdBAQAvD_BwE

it will be 50 percent electrical questions and electrical scenarios , 25 percent will be math questions in relation to electrical situations and problems, 25 percent is mechanical questions. I asked them on the phone 70-75 percent of people fail the test, so much so it is no longer 40 questions and over the past two years its now 80 questions. The math is basically 8th -10 grade math. Mostly algerba, a little trig and geomotry. A for studying i used free math programs, online and youtube vids to study, i studied for 1-2 hours a night over about 3 weeks just before the test, excpet on my days off i would study for 3-4 hours so in total about 14 hours a week. ixl is what i used for math, just pretend your teacher and you get a free 30 day trial put in your a teacher and give a random school name etc, no credit card or personal info needed. Anytime your trail ends just make a new account. Basically focus on the 8th-10 grade math skills portions. In the 8th grade section math skills, in the 9th grade section algerba 1 and in the 10th grade section geomtry. Spend about 65 percent of your studying on the math mainly in the 8th-9th grade section and 5 percent in geomtry. The other 30 percent you will be spent on mechanical and electrical situations. for mechanical just wtach these two vids, a few times days before your test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPvwCpaChUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMyCJu1gsaE for math https://www.ixl.com/ for electrrical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsLLq6Rm5tU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVQ0kIUJ00c website so you can see what the electrical tools look like. https://www.insideadvisorpro.com/top-electrical-tools-for-your-apprentice-electricians/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sIYZ6SOY_Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLl8l1dNNgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7dQRU95Cnw

https://careers.mta.org/jobs/13895314-signal-trainee-full-rate

i start in 15 in days, as transit electrical helper, this is the longest and most paper work ive ever had to do for a job, spending 7 hours at their office multiple times, along with the mta making mistakes with my paper work then having to come back 2-3 times. Then me having to call multiple times to get information, then you calling the numbers they gave youa nd for 2 weeks you call 8 times to finally get in contact with someone. Liiterally like `140 pages of forms signed/looked at, and more pages to come during training. The test was somewhat hard, 73 percent of those who took mine failed, they recently chanaged the past two years from 40 questions to 80. They have mulitple traninig classes a year i believe its 5 classes a year and htye last for 4-6 weeks depending on which department you get into. What ever division needs people is the division they send you to, and your locked in for at leats one year. You can request a transfer to another divsion after a year, but you have no choice to what other divsion you go to its up to hr and whats avaliable. After one year you can take the mechanics/maintiners test if you pass you will now get a higher wage. The easiest division to transition from helper to maintainer is lighting .Say your transit electrical helper in the signals disvison, there is also a easier path which is to go for signal manitainer trainee and slowly work your way up to maintainer. instead of going for the signal maintainer title in which you will have take a hard test and pass. I checked the recent application for electrical helper and they added another division hvac along with car maintainer so now electrical helpers may be sent to work in those two areas. Ill update folks how the training classes are later on.

Signals has the highest demand I heard elevator is the most fun.

went in for drug test three days ago, sadly they sent me to signals, i wanted lighting like they had prior a month before.

they just called me and emailed me to come in next week, and your ahead of me since you already took your drug test, thats means the next class is coming soon. That means the current class is finishing up. Each class is 4-7 weeks and i believe they have 6 classes a year.

sadly i belive at best you will be hired during the summer at worse sometime in nov-dec.

nope sadly hopefully things move along, at this rate i don't think ill be hired till the summer.

ye i did it came in letter in the mail.

i called them and they told it should be few weeks to a few months, I was told i missed the last class. The classes usually take 4-8 weeks depending on what electrical department your in. You know the mta is so slow in their hiring process. So it might be 3-4 months before you even get offically hired and start classes.

signals has the most over-time but is the most dangerous department hands down. you spend about 90 percent of your time around the live third rails. Thats why signals always needs the most people. The drug testing is insane literally 200-300 people a day.

Same i want this job badly, basically they go by which of the 9 departments, needs, so they put me in lighting. Last year they added Car Maintainer Trainees, so thats the 9th department you could end up in. So basically nothing is set in stone for your department until after your done the 4-10 week training at the school, you can only transfer to another department after one year.

im a little behind you currently had schedule i should be tanking my drug test sometime this or next week. They have me going to lighting. Since you took your drug test next their gonna call for medical/physical exam, and do basic hairing and eye test. Then they will go over all your paper work and history again, then call you in for orientation. I believe it will be two days where they tell you about the unions and make you sign papers about pension and benefits etc. Then you they send you to the school were we took the test for 4-10 weeks of training depending on which department your in. 347-643-8219 or 347-643-8195 Hard to get a hold of people but if you call a few times over the week, someone will answer

this is late but i tookt he same test as you and scored 40 to, i called the mta and they told me 3000 people took our test but only 701 people passed.