Core: Introduction to Basic Construction Skills Assessment

Credential Source Contact Information

Source Company Name:
NCCER
Contact:
Scott Fisher, WFD Support Manager

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: Introduction to Basic Construction Skills 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. NCCER’s mission is to build a safe, productive and sustainable workforce of craft professionals. Our vision is to be universally recognized by industry and government as the training, assessment, certification and career development standard for construction and maintenance craft professionals.

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
Yes

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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