Many trades apprenticeships and utility jobs give a mechanical aptitude test before they interview you: millwrights, industrial maintenance, lineworkers, operating engineers and plant operators, among others. This free practice test covers the same kinds of ideas: gears, pulleys, levers, belts, springs, hydraulics, tools, simple electricity and spatial reasoning.
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Programs that test mechanical aptitude usually say so in their application steps. Find programs that are open now on our free apprenticeship trackers for Washington, Oregon and California.
These are original practice questions written by LearnSkilledTrades.com. They are not taken from, and are not, any official or published test. Real tests vary by program, so check what your program uses.
