Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW) Examination
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:
-
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- Yes
- Number of Test Items:
- 1
- Time Allowed (minutes):
Unlimited
- Passing Score (percent):
Pass/Fail
- Cost Per Test:
35
- Test Specifics:
https://www.aws.org/certification/page/certified-welder-program
- Additional information:
No data about accommodations or verification of test information from source for 2023-24.
This credential is performance-based. Students must weld pieces of metal together under certain specifications and have that weld inspected by a certified inspector. This is the industry standard for welding. There is no paper test to earn the credential, only written explanation of specifications for the weld to be performed.
- Notes:
Welders that want to attain the AWS Certified Welder certification must make an appointment with one of several AWS-accredited testing facilities. These testing facilities adhere to strict standards for welder testing and can test welders to AWS Standard Welding Procedures, industry-standard specifications and company-supplied or non-code welding specifications.
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?
- No
Setting
- Test location
- No
- 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
- No
- Audio test
- No
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- Yes
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- Yes
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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Math aids
- Yes
- Dry erase board
- Yes
- Additional writing implements
- Yes
- Audio test
- No
- Bilingual dictionary
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- English dictionary
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- No
- 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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