SENSE Training Program Certification Examination (Level 1, Entry-Level Welder)
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- American Welding Society
- Contact:
- John Gayler, Sr. VP
- Phone:
- +1954.558.0530
- Email:
- gayler@aws.org
- Website:
- aws.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:
- Depends on module.
- Time Allowed (minutes):
Varies
- Passing Score (percent):
Varies
- Cost Per Test:
$20
- Test Specifics:
- Additional information:
The AWS SENSE program is a comprehensive set of minimum standards and guidelines established by AWS for welding educators to follow when developing their welding training curriculum.. Schools can incorporate SENSE into their own curriculum in order to help attain Perkins funding as well as to help ensure an education that is consistent with other SENSE schools across the nation, and is aligned to industry standards. While comprehensive, these standards are also flexible enough that almost any welding program will readily be able to implement them. Their students earn AWS credentials and their names are listed in the SENSE Training Database for verification upon program completion. Instructors have access to SENSEOnline.org, a centralized assessment platform, for exam administration and automatic test results
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- Yes
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- No
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- No
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- Yes
- Communication board or choice cards
- Yes
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Math aids
- Yes
- Dry erase board
- Yes
- Additional writing implements
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- 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?
- No
- Multiple test sessions
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- Yes
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