Certified Grounds Technician Examination
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS)
- Contact:
- Stephanie Bruno, CAE, Executive Director
- Phone:
- 443.966.3852
- Email:
- info@pgms.org
- Website:
- pgms.org
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- School: Online
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 50
- Time Allowed (minutes):
90
- Passing Score (percent):
80
- Cost Per Test:
$150-$350
- Test Specifics:
- Additional information:
The Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) has an agreement with the Virginia Department of Education to offer Certified Grounds Technician to high school students. The two-year employment requirement is waived in lieu of their education in the landscaping program and the high school diploma requirement does not apply.
Possible Preparatory Courses
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- No
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- No
- Planned breaks during test
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
Setting
- Test location
- Yes
- Adaptive or special furniture
- Yes
- Special lighting
- Yes
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- Yes
- Specific verbal prompts
- No
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- No
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- No
- Large-print test
- No
- Braille test
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- No
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- No
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- No
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- No
- Communication board or choice cards
- No
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Brailler
- No
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- No
- Augmentative communication device
- No
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Dictation using a recording device
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- Read back student response
- No
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- Yes
- Calculator with additional functions
- No
- Math aids
- No
- Dry erase board
- No
- Additional writing implements
- No
- Audio test
- No
- Bilingual dictionary
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- English dictionary
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Flexible Schedule
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
- Multiple test sessions
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
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