Exam 8600 Track Worker 8600 Hiring Process

[Marv]

On 12/26/2021 at 6:54 PM, Chris127 said:

Hey i got 5 years with being a track worker answering your first question it all depends on what you pick capital days or night tend go have at least more people in gangs than maintenance days or nights., ot is voluntary you are not forced to work any doubles unless there is a state of an emergency which is rare to happen and snow duty. As far as brooklyn locations it all depends on seniority and if you willing to work night or days hope this sums up most of track . 

What is the physical like before you get hired? How much weight do they make you pick up and other things they do?

[Chris127]

3 minutes ago, Marv said:

What is the physical like before you get hired? How much weight do they make you pick up and other things they do?

There is no physical required for this position as far as lifting anything ,  you must pass the ekg and spiral test thats pretty much it

[bimmer4me]

17 minutes ago, Chris127 said:

There is no physical required for this position as far as lifting anything ,  you must pass the ekg and spiral test thats pretty much it

What is a spiral test?

[Chris127]

2 minutes ago, bimmer4me said:

What is a spiral test?

Pretty a test for your lungs 

[bimmer4me]

10 minutes ago, Chris127 said:

Pretty a test for your lungs 

Oh that machine you blow into. 

[Chris127]

45 minutes ago, bimmer4me said:

Oh that machine you blow into. 

Correct 

[Marv]

3 minutes ago, Chris127 said:

Correct 

Is that for nyc transit? I went for an interview with LIRR yesterday and said you had to pick things up like 100lbs. Maybe the 2 are different? 

[Chris127]

6 minutes ago, Marv said:

Is that for nyc transit? I went for an interview with LIRR yesterday and said you had to pick things up like 100lbs. Maybe the 2 are different? 

Yes the two are different 

[Marv]

That’s probably why then. 

[Marv]

23 minutes ago, Marv said:

That’s probably why then. 

I took NYC transit track worker too. Passed with a 92.5 but idk what number I am on the list. Where do I find that? 

[kinks007]

20 minutes ago, Marv said:

I took NYC transit track worker too. Passed with a 92.5 but idk what number I am on the list. Where do I find that? 

I got a 91 and I’m in the 25** ‘s

[Marv]

Where can I find out what number I’m at? 

[bimmer4me]

Silly question but what do you bring to the medical/ drug test? I'm thinking ahead for the future...I remember seeing one post saying that pre-hire booklet but am unsure if its the same one as you do months before these processes.

Also when I did the pre-hire I answered everything to the best of my ability. Issue is I didn't have some supervisors contact info from years ago. Hopefully this doesn't hold me back.

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[bimmer4me]

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[Zoey]

5 hours ago, bimmer4me said:

Silly question but what do you bring to the medical/ drug test? I'm thinking ahead for the future...I remember seeing one post saying that pre-hire booklet but am unsure if its the same one as you do months before these processes.

Also when I did the pre-hire I answered everything to the best of my ability. Issue is I didn't have some supervisors contact info from years ago. Hopefully this doesn't hold me back.

I’m pretty sure they would’ve contacted you by now if it was an issue but I guess it doesn’t hurt to ask the person who took your pre-employment email. I’m also curious about the other pre-hire booklet. I did fill it out and save it as a copy just in case. 

 

[bimmer4me]

6 hours ago, Zoey said:

I’m pretty sure they would’ve contacted you by now if it was an issue but I guess it doesn’t hurt to ask the person who took your pre-employment email. I’m also curious about the other pre-hire booklet. I did fill it out and save it as a copy just in case. 

 

I think it I think it differs from the 21 page one. Not sure if there is something else we bring at a later date to the medical 

[Basebrook]

On 1/20/2022 at 3:49 PM, Marv said:

Where can I find out what number I’m at? 

just type your name in.

 

https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Civil-Service-List-Certification/a9md-ynri/data

[Dinogee315]

What number are they up to… I’m 158x

[bimmer4me]

6 hours ago, Dinogee315 said:

What number are they up to… I’m 158x

The thing at the top says 900s for medical. Could be more though who knows. I’m honestly not sure how they judge that 

[dman1455]

Was told they have a goal of 400 track workers, they hired about 250ish so far so you guys will definitely be getting called.

[bimmer4me]

1 hour ago, dman1455 said:

Was told they have a goal of 400 track workers, they hired about 250ish so far so you guys will definitely be getting called.

I love that news for us. I'm ready to transition from my current job.

Eagerly waiting in the low 1000s

Edited January 27, 2022 by bimmer4me

[dman1455]

They just recertified the list and put 250 vacancies.

[Marv]

9 minutes ago, dman1455 said:

They just recertified the list and put 250 vacancies.

I’m in the 24xx’s are they even close to that? 

[bimmer4me]

19 minutes ago, dman1455 said:

They just recertified the list and put 250 vacancies.

Alright that’s awesome. What does re certify mean btw?

[Zoey]

4 hours ago, bimmer4me said:

Alright that’s awesome. What does re certify mean btw?

I’m in the 50’s. Looks like there’s a lot of people between 1000-1200 that didn’t respond to their emails from what I’m seeing. Basically the agency lets DCAS know who isn’t responding so they take people off the recertification and DCAS lets the agency know who was restored so list number 16 got first dibs and it works it’s way up. I’m 130x and there are only 50 people ahead of me for appointment. That’s not a lot of people surprisingly