Core: Introduction to Basic Construction Skills Assessment
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- NCCER
- Contact:
- Scott Fisher, WFD Support Manager
- Phone:
- 888622.3720,ext.6910
- Email:
- sfisher@nccer.org
- Website:
- https://www.nccer.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
- Contractor's location
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 190 (eight required module tests and two elective module tests)
- Time Allowed (minutes):
60 minutes per module test
- Passing Score (percent):
70
- Cost Per Test:
Two billing options: 1) $2.25 per test used, invoiced monthly, or 2) $20 per student subscription (unlimited tests-subscription duration is for the time period running from August 1 to June 30)
- Additional information:
Eight required module tests and two elective module tests to earn the Core certificate. Performance testing is also required. NCCER’s credentials are industry-recognized and include a written test and a performance test. NCCER is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) education foundation created in 1996 as The National Center for Construction Education and Research.
Possible Preparatory Courses
- Building Trades I
- Building Trades II
- Carpentry I
- Carpentry II
- Carpentry III
- Electricity I
- Electricity II
- Electricity III
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration I
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration II
- Masonry I
- Masonry II
- Masonry III
- Plumbing I
- Plumbing II
- Utility/Heavy Construction I
- Utility/Heavy Construction II
- Welding I
- Welding II
- Welding III
- Motorsports Technology I
- Motorsports Technology II
- Motorsports Technology III
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- No
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- Yes
- Planned breaks during test
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- At the discretion of the proctor, based on IEP.
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
- Yes
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- Yes
- Large-print test
- No
- 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
- No
- Communication board or choice cards
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- 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
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Flexible Schedule
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- At the discretion of the proctor, based on IEP.
- Multiple test sessions
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
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