Local #1 New York City

Hello everyone. Local #1 in NYC is starting to take applications after about 4 years. I'm curious if anyone is interested or if anyone is thinking about applying.

I applied today. This will probably be my final shot at trying to get in though. Also, they took applications 2 years ago, not 4. I think the list had about 700 people on it. Did you apply?

For Local 1, how does it work if you live in NJ? I know there is a NJ office, so is there a separate list for NJ or is just one list that is for NYC and NJ and you just work wherever they send you?

How come you didn't get in? Failed the test? Or interview? 2 years really? This year they took only 1250 applications and closed really quick. This is my first time applying Nick. I have no knowledge besides the local office being in queens. I think it's one list and you just work for the company that hires you.

So tomorrow they will be sending out emails for exam dates, did anyone already get test dates?

Anyone else having the issue where your posts are blank lie mine above?

Uhhh nope, seems like you're the only one my friend.. how did you get this message to not be blank then?

Nope. That's strange.. and no I haven't.. probably still pretty early. I expect the email around 4.

Hmm I see, it's also my first time applying Major. I'll keep you posted. Hopefully more people join this Forum.

I have already received my appointment. Im scheduled the 18th of December. Did anyone else get theirs?

I got my Exam date as well, I got it for the 15th of December

Awesome! Best of luck! Keep me updated.

I have my test date set for December 17th. Keep me updated when the list numbers come out. Good luck everyone!

Hi Huys,

does any one know what kid of math and algebra is on the EIAT, I purchased the practice from Job Prep and there is a lot of formulas like probability, OHM’s Law Theory.

That seems like over kill for a basic entrance exam..

Any help would be appreciated, THANKS and good luck to all!

I see mixed reviews in my research. Some say its basic math and algebra and I've also read it includes electrical calculations. I say just study it all- better safe than sorry.

I'm not sure. I would say basic algebra. It says basic skills so I don't think advanced formulas would be asked. And Dr Gut your test was set for a Sunday? I didn't think they would do exams on the weekend.

Yea, I'm surprised it was set for a Sunday too. It works for me though. I don't have to take a day off from work or anything.

Very lucky. Is it still in the morning? My test date is set for 8 am.

No updates anyone?

Yea, mine was at 10am yesterday. It was pretty easy. I feel really good about getting better than a 70. The tool assessment was a joke. That was an easy 20 points on the interview.

Pretty easy, took the exam on Friday and they said we should have our results in 1-2 weeks.

I might have messed up one on the tool exam.

Besides that interviews are the week of jan 22 - jan 29 based on alphabetical ordwr

I took mine yesterday. It was ok.

Not hard but not easy. The mechanical part was a bit confusing to me.

I'm hope I did well enough for a 70. Sounds like we'll get emails on whether we passed or fail by January

I passed the exam fellas, hope you guys did as well. Email mentioned that I would get another email for the time and date for my interview no later than Jan 5.

Congrats Nvirb!! I wish you the best of luck!

Unfortunately, I failed the exam. I hope only the best for the rest of you and good luck on the interview !

Sorry to hear that MAJOR, maybe you can try applying to a different trade. But thanks for the support! I'll do my best.

Check your email guys. I just got my interview date.

Yea, I got my interview for the 25th. You?

Mine is the next day on the 26th. Good luck!

I passed, my interview is on the 25th as well.

Any one have any tips, or ideas on what to brush up on for the interview besides the basic S.(situation)T(task).A(action).R(result) questions

Fingers crossed.

Looks like the interviews were scheduled by Last name, hopefully we get the list numbers during the week of Feb 5th like the Interviewer said.

Supposedly 1000 people being interviewed for 100 (maybe 200) apprenticeship spots. That’s super competitive.

Something else I noticed- the 2015 apprenticeship announcement said they expect to hire 50 apprentices and on the local 1 website, they are up to list #189 as of today. This should give an idea of how many numbers they go through on the list for every expected hire.

I passed the test and I interview on the 24th as well. Seems like they hired 189 guys of the last list so if it goes the same this year even if you don’t rank high you still might get called.

How do you feel about your interviews? I wasn’t really prepared for those questions but I think I did ok. Was very nervous, and felt like I cornered in by 2 detectives rather then being on a interview. Such a small room actually was glad to get out of there in 20 mins

I felt the same way Brother. Even though I correctly guessed what 4 outta the 7 questions were I still felt nervous, especially since i was in the tiny room, and they take notes right infront of you. They kicked me out in 20 mins as well. Hope I did well.

I'm sure everyone felt that way to some extent. Hopefully we find out our list number within the next 2 weeks and that will let us know how we really did.

Does anyone know how many people passed the test ? I highly doubt they are interviewing 1000 people

I was also told they are interviewing 1,000 people. When I took the aptitude test, they said they left the application open longer than the original 1,250 applications that they planned and they ended up accepting around 2,700. Based on that I don't tihnk 1,000 people passing sounds unreasonable.

There was 7 rooms I believe ? So they interview for a week

Figure 3 guys per hour , 7 hours days that’s 21 ppl per day

Times that by number of rooms = 147x5 days

So 735 interviews. You might be right with 1000 number , in which case it will be super competitive.

Anyone get any ranking info? Or email/call the local?

Haven’t received anything yet. I did notice they updated the local one website though. Feb 5th was the cut off for the old list and they took that off.

Received an email that mentioned that I will get my results no later than Thursday, Feb 15th. Anxiety reaches all time high lol

Glad I’m not the only one haha

Is it 4pm yet? Best of luck to all. Hoping for a number inside 200, my friend whos a journeyman said they hired a little more than 200 from the last one as of Monday(rumor is they will do the same)and the union is gonna start using this list in March.

30 more min fellas

I got an email with some one else’s rank and name. Guess I’ll find out Monday

I’m ranked 690, probably won’t be hired unless some miracle

I’m ranked 543

Out of how many people I wonder

Mid 700’s for me. As an IBEW apprentice I’m quite surprised. Didn’t think my interview went that bad.

I thought my interview went pretty well and have 12 years of electricial experience. The problem is they left it open for to long and took 2700 people to test instead of 1250. Much more competition

A friend of mine scored in the mid 500’s with no construction experience at all. Apparently work history has little value.

I ranked 1006 LOL! Have to say, even though I have no construction experience... I was pretty surprised with my ranking. Interview had gone pretty well.

Damn how many people made the list. Did anyone on here get a 200 or better

Already in a union, I got ranked in the 500s lol

I agree with BigJ. They let the application period go on for too long.

Yeah I’m in my current union for 10 years as well so I told my cuzin about my rank he’s a elevator mechanic and he says to me it’s all who you know.

I ranked 197.. I guess I should be happy with that.

Ranked 120, not as bad as I thought.

That’s a nice number Albomuch. Drgut you should be good also. What exactly is the point of ranking up to 1000 if they aren’t going to hire hat many people in 2 years? I also heard that these lists are sometimes good for 4 years from people in industry. Don’t know how true that is.

There got to be a reason there is so many more people this time around

I’m 1003 and I was surprised too. I didn’t expect a great number because I don’t have much experience but the interview went really well. I’m starting a pre-apprentice gig with local 740 in a few weeks so it didn’t sting as bad as it would’ve.

hope you right, or maybe the glitch added zeros and one's to all the rankings by mistake lol

Hopefully the reason there is so many people is because they are planning on calling a lot of apprentices.

Did any of you guys get the confirmation email that they said they would send out this week?

I just reread the email we got last week and we should be getting an email with our contact information so we can verify it is correct. I haven't received it yet.

They updated the site today they are up to #17

What is the current top hourly wage for local 1?

Check out this prevailing wage schedule. Union wages are usually pretty close if not identical to prevailing wages.

https://comptroller.nyc.gov/wp-content/uploads/documents/220-schedule2017-2018.pdf

It’s been quiet in here.. did anyone hear any news? The list hasn’t been updated in a couple months now.

https://localoneiuec.com/apprenticeship.aspx

Says recruitment number is at 183, I plan on applying in 2020. Do wage rates differ in Locals? Or all the same?

Wage rates differ between Locals. Local 1 negotiates their own contracts so things work a little differently with them but I have seen the Local 3 and Local 5 booklets with different wage rates before I came to Local 1. Also there is different wage rates for the type of work you are doing, construction obviously paying the highest followed by Mod and Maintenance being lower.

That's not true for all locals

From the date, you got your application when did you sit for your test?
I also passed my exam 2016, failed the interview though

Hey was just wondering if you ever got called?