miggygalvis Posted February 7 Share #1 Posted February 7 Hello everyone, I created this convo for anybody who plans on taking the upcoming transit electrical exam. I hope that anybody who plans on taking the exam can keep in contact through the forum in regards to the process. And to anybody who has taken or is currently a helper, please feel free to give some advice to the fellow people who also seek a career in transit and for what we should study in regards to the multiple choice exam. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsky Posted March 29 Share #2 Posted March 29 On 2/7/2024 at 10:14 AM, miggygalvis said: Hello everyone, I created this convo for anybody who plans on taking the upcoming transit electrical exam. I hope that anybody who plans on taking the exam can keep in contact through the forum in regards to the process. And to anybody who has taken or is currently a helper, please feel free to give some advice to the fellow people who also seek a career in transit and for what we should study in regards to the multiple choice exam. 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsky Posted March 29 Share #3 Posted March 29 2 minutes ago, Starsky said: 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. https://careers.mta.org/jobs/13895314-signal-trainee-full-rate 2 minutes ago, Starsky said: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggygalvis Posted March 29 Author Share #4 Posted March 29 4 hours ago, Starsky said: https://careers.mta.org/jobs/13895314-signal-trainee-full-rate Thanks for the heads up. Do you remember somewhat what was on the multiple choice exam? I heard a lot of different things from a lot of people. Some mainly said common sense and simple math. Others said ohms law and basic electricity. Appreciate you dropping by and advising what people are in for. Good luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsky Posted March 30 Share #5 Posted March 30 10 hours ago, miggygalvis said: Thanks for the heads up. Do you remember somewhat what was on the multiple choice exam? I heard a lot of different things from a lot of people. Some mainly said common sense and simple math. Others said ohms law and basic electricity. Appreciate you dropping by and advising what people are in for. Good luck. 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 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashane24 Posted March 30 Share #6 Posted March 30 You can also use Quizlet to prepare for the test, I took 2610 exam it had 80 questions. Most were basic electrical questions, reading comprehension and math, they even give you a calculator if don’t have any too. But spend time preparing and take your time doing the test. The higher you score the better your list number. They start calling people to come in 1-500 base on ur number 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perez Posted April 8 Share #7 Posted April 8 On 2/7/2024 at 10:14 AM, miggygalvis said: Hello everyone, I created this convo for anybody who plans on taking the upcoming transit electrical exam. I hope that anybody who plans on taking the exam can keep in contact through the forum in regards to the process. And to anybody who has taken or is currently a helper, please feel free to give some advice to the fellow people who also seek a career in transit and for what we should study in regards to the multiple choice exam. when are the testing dates? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggygalvis Posted April 8 Author Share #8 Posted April 8 On 3/29/2024 at 8:33 PM, Rashane24 said: You can also use Quizlet to prepare for the test, I took 2610 exam it had 80 questions. Most were basic electrical questions, reading comprehension and math, they even give you a calculator if don’t have any too. But spend time preparing and take your time doing the test. The higher you score the better your list number. They start calling people to come in 1-500 base on ur number Thanks, I bought the 40 dollar transit electrical test booklet but honestly I am not even sure if it was worth it. It does have a lot of electrical questions and math and reading comprehension but I'll check quizlet out. Thanks for the heads up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggygalvis Posted April 8 Author Share #9 Posted April 8 1 hour ago, perez said: when are the testing dates? Last day to apply was 3/15/24. If I am not mistaken, the notice of examination says the dates are either june 28th or june 29th. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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