EPA Technician Examinations: Core
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Contact:
- Environmental Protection, Agency
- Phone:
- 800.726.9696
- Email:
- www.epa.gov/aboutepa
- Website:
- www.epa.gov
Credential Contractor
- Contact:
- Renee Tomlinson, Executive Director
- Phone:
- 800726.9696
- Email:
- renee@escogroup.org
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- School: Online
- Contractor's location
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- Yes
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 25
- Time Allowed (minutes):
120
- Passing Score (percent):
70
- Cost Per Test:
$25 online; $40 paper
- Test Specifics:
Each section contains 25 multiple-choice questions. A technician must achieve a minimum passing score of 70% on each test section in which they are to be certified. For example, a technician seeking Universal certification must achieve a minimum score of 70%, or 18 out of 25 correct, on each section of the test (Core, Type I, Type II and Type III). (The cost is for taking one section or all sections of the exam.)
- Additional information:
A student must pass Core plus any type to earn the EPA Technician Credential. All four tests must be taken and passed to earn the Universal EPA Section 608 Certification. It is one test comprised of multiple sections (Core, Type I, Type II, Type III).
The school must have an approved test administrator/proctor. To become an approved proctor, please visit https://www.escotesting.com/proctorapplication/.
The cost of the exam ($25 online for schools) is a per-examination fee and includes all sections of the test.
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
- As needed.
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
- Yes
- Braille test
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- No
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- No
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- Yes
- Communication board or choice cards
- No
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Brailler
- Yes
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- Yes
- Augmentative communication device
- Yes
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- 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
- No
- Dry erase board
- No
- Additional writing implements
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Bilingual dictionary
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Flexible Schedule
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- Yes
- Extended time offered
- As Needed.
- Multiple test sessions
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
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