Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional-Associate (CBLP-A) Examination
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council
- Contact:
- Katie Pinkham, Program Assistant
- Phone:
- 3017586574
- Email:
- katie@cblpro.org
- Website:
- Cblpro.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
- Yes
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 20
- Time Allowed (minutes):
75
- Passing Score (percent):
Total points possible 200. Passing score to obtain CBLP-A is 150 points
- Cost Per Test:
$50
- Additional information:
- CBLP-A is a competency-based instruction program with competency assessment provided through performance-based testing based on the learning objectives of a Chesapeake Bay regionwide professional certification program, the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) Certification Program.
- The CBLP-A certificate is also a pathway to and meets the prequalifications for the Level 1 CBLP certification, while also preparing students for entry-level jobs in sustainable landscape management and/or stormwater best management practices (BMPs) maintenance and providing professional mentors and/or career days for the enrolled students.
- At least one CBLP-A instructor with the school implementing the program must be a Level 1-certified CBLP. The Level 1 CBLP certification training is recognized and approved for continuing education by several other professional certifications including: Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania certified horticulturalists, Virginia DCR-certified urban nutrient management planners and DEQ-certified stormwater and erosion and sediment control inspectors and planners, Association of Professional Landscape Designers, International Society of Aboriculture ISA certification, and American Society of Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System.
- CBLP-A candidates must complete the following performance testing to obtain the associate certificate:
- Pay a $50 application fee (or the fee may be paid by partner organization)
- Attend a one-day (eight-hour) training and complete the in-class training quiz (25 points)
- Complete two training day field exercises (50 points)
- Attend at least two "lunch and learn" sessions during the summer and complete a post-class quiz for each. (25 points each)
- Successfully complete a field-based skills assessment by the end of the summer (100 points)
Possible Preparatory Courses
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- Yes
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- Yes
- Planned breaks during test
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- 150
Setting
- Test location
- Yes
- Adaptive or special furniture
- Yes
- Special lighting
- Yes
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- Yes
- Specific verbal prompts
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- Yes
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- Yes
- Large-print test
- Yes
- Braille test
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- No
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- Yes
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- No
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- English dictionary
- Yes
- Dictation using a recording device
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- Read back student response
- Yes
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- Yes
- Calculator with additional functions
- No
- Math aids
- Yes
- Dry erase board
- Yes
- Additional writing implements
- Yes
- Audio test
- No
- Bilingual dictionary
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- English dictionary
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Flexible Schedule
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- 150
- Multiple test sessions
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- Yes
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