Air Conditioning Service Examination
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- North American Technician Excellence
- Contact:
- Anthony Spagnoli, Director, Testing And Education
- Phone:
- 703.600.0364
- Email:
- aspagnoli@natex.org
- Website:
- www.natex.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?:
- No
- Number of Test Items:
- 100
- Time Allowed (minutes):
150 (No data provided by vendor in 2023-24.)
- Passing Score (percent):
70 (No data provided by vendor in 2023-24.)
- Cost Per Test:
$105 for high-volume/educational organizations, $125 for standard (No data provided by vendor in 2023-24.)
- Test Specifics:
- Additional information:
- Need to pass this exam and the NATE Installer (or Service) Core (HVAC/R) examination to become NATE Technician Certified
- https://natex.org/technician/take-an-exam/traditional-pathway
- Founded in 1997, North American Technician Excellence (NATE) is the nation’s largest nonprofit certification organization for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration technicians. As our business evolves to meet the growing demands of the HVACR workforce, the company's vision—to be the leader in developing and recognizing professional HVACR technicians—remains clear. Headquartered in Arlington, NATE is the certification organization that was developed by and has been supported by the entire HVACR industry for over 20 years.
- No data about accommodations or verification of test information from source for 2023-24.
Possible Preparatory Courses
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- No
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- No
- Planned breaks during test
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- Yes
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- Yes
- Communication board or choice cards
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Brailler
- No
- 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
- No
- 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
- 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
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- Yes
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