How was your training?

@@roderickkimble2618 it was good about to start rco classes on Monday

How long did it take for them to review your background check?

How did you like the training???

@@roderickkimble2618 Starting week 3 on Monday. Been great so far

How long did it take for them to review your background check

Yeah and what’s funny is they pushed and pushed us thru the remote training back on the division, and once we were trained we had zero seniority to stand up and get a remote job..then two months later they abolished all the remote jobs and made them conventional..makes sense..🤷🏻‍♂️

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 Precision railroading at it's best. They're gonna run that thing into the ground.

Everything we did test wise was done on the computers there.

You study for the territory you are hired on.

Oh ok. I'm still waiting on my training date so I was trying to find out

@@shaunwatts5237 what terminal are you hired out of? I might be able to figure out which ones you run on

They have me down for Selma, Alabama

@@shaunwatts5237 I’m 99% sure that Norfolk southern signals. Conrail and n&w were mostly northern guys. If you know anyone who works for ns down there you can ask them or if you have the number to the hr person at that yard. My advice is to just look over the signals, get familiar with the names but don’t try and figure out how to read them unless you can find a good video explaining them. This guy did one on conrail signals and those are the hardest of the 3 sets. That should help you get a better understanding. All signals read the same, just use different names. Clear is clear for everyone g/r or g/r/r. Medium clear r/g/r is the same as diverging clear r/g/r. Signals are always interpreted top to bottom. Don’t freak out about signals. It’s not that hard once you are taught how to read them. I had people in my class that had no idea how to even read a switch and what track it was lined for. They passed with flying colors. You should take the signals practice test and any other practice test at least once a day as soon as they open them up to you. We spent a good hour after each class in the computer lab or before class. You will not see one question on any test that hasn’t been covered in class, on the homework or on a practice test.

Jared White they recently changed it to a 97% so it allows you to miss one and still pass.

However engineer trainees in class are required 100% on signals test.

Matt Mallow I am not sure if they pay to fly you in, however everyone in our class drove down and we were reimbursed quite well for the trip down and back.

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 just wondering because if I get the job I have to drive there from New York

I think your referring to the hang test. It is an upper body endurance test to see if you have the upper body strength to hang on the side of a moving rail car for an extended period of time. It’s usually the first test you do on your first day there. If you fail you get two additional attempts to pass which is done the following day. It’s not hard, but if your not in the least bit of little shape, it will end up sending you home.

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 ok thanks

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 Speaking of shape. Is there a body weight limit?

@@nkp7658 not that I know of.

@@absoluteblockproduction2039 thank you for the videos you explained them very well.

Did you do it?

600$ a week I’ve been out here for two years listen to what this guy is telling you it’s good information

All virtual which was back in 2019 before all this COVID stuff happened. They used to have large in person hiring events which would draw a few hundred people at a time. The had recently changed the way they did their process and it was all online. Only thing you had to do in person was report to their police department for a background Investigation review, and your medical stuff.