HVAC Excellence Specialty Examinations: System Performance
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- HVAC Excellence, an Esco Group Company
- Contact:
- Renee Tomlinson, Executive Director
- Phone:
- 800726.9696
- Email:
- renee@escogroup.org
- Website:
- https://www.escogroup.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
- Yes
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 100
- Time Allowed (minutes):
120
- Passing Score (percent):
70%
- Cost Per Test:
$35 online; $40 paper
- Test Specifics:
A four-part System Performance Certification covering refrigerant charging, psychrometrics, combustion efficiency, and airflow tests the knowledge a technician has in the processes and procedures required to ensure HVAC systems are performing at maximum efficiency. Each of the four sections on the exam contain 25 questions.
- Additional information:
Please contact ESCO Institute 800-726-9696 for additional accommodations. The school must have an approved test administrator/proctor. To become an approved proctor please visit: https://www.escotesting.com/proctorapplication/.
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
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- 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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