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NCCER Instrumentation Technician Assessment (National Craft Assessment and Certification Program)
The NCCER Instrumentation Technician assessment is a journey-level knowledge assessment in the National Craft Assessment and Certification Program (NCACP). It evaluates experienced instrumentation professionals against NCCER's 2014, 3rd Edition Instrumentation curriculum and is administered in person by certified proctors at NCCER-accredited locations. A corresponding hands-on Performance Verification is available; candidates who pass both components receive NCCER certification.
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QuestionsNot publicly disclosed — The current first-party exam pages and candidate materials cited for this record were reviewed; they do not publish this field.
Testing timeNot publicly disclosed — The current first-party exam pages and candidate materials cited for this record were reviewed; they do not publish this field.
ScoringNo cut score published in HTML (the official specification sheet is PDF-only). NCCER certification for the craft requires passing the written knowledge assessment; those pursuing certification must pass both the written assessment and the corresponding hands-on performance verification
Exam feeSet by the testing provider — The governing source leaves this value to the approved testing or training provider.
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- Who runs it
- NCCER
- Category
- Instrumentation & Controls
- Current version
- Current journey-level assessment specification referenced to the NCCER Instrumentation curriculum, 2014 3rd Edition (REVISED); no separately published assessment version label
- Where it applies
- United States — national
- Exam languages
- Not publicly disclosed — No official HTML page states the delivery languages of the Instrumentation Technician journey-level assessment. NCCER offers Spanish versions of some journey-level assessments (the assessments catalog lists Spanish-titled assessments such as 'Acabado de Concreto (Concrete Finisher)'), but the Instrumentation craft page lists only the English assessment specification link and notes Spanish curriculum translations are available via Pearson for the 2nd Edition — curriculum language, not assessment delivery language. stored as an explicit availability state rather than guessed
- Testing provider
- NCCER — administered at NCCER-accredited assessment centers by NCCER-certified proctors (no third-party testing vendor; Pearson's role is publishing/selling NCCER curriculum materials, not exam delivery)
- Format
- In-person, proctored administration at NCCER-accredited assessment centers ('Test administration must be conducted in-person and following strict testing guidelines'); performance verifications are administered on-the-job or in a lab/shop environment
- Availability
- By appointment at NCCER-accredited assessment centers, located via NCCER's Find a Center; journey-level testing is offered by accredited organizations to their employees, membership and to the public
- Remote testing
- Not available
Exam structure
A journey-level assessment for the Instrumentation craft with two components: a written knowledge assessment (which yields a personalized training prescription identifying areas needing training, allowing focused remediation prior to re-testing) and a corresponding hands-on Performance Verification ('a comprehensive set of craft-specific tasks the individual must perform safely' under the supervision of a performance evaluator) required for NCCER certification. All NCCER knowledge assessments are based upon the NCCER Curriculum (Instrumentation, 2014 3rd Edition) and developed with industry subject matter experts
Where rules vary
A U.S. construction-industry journey-level workforce credential: NCCER is a U.S. nonprofit, the Instrumentation curriculum complies with the U.S. Department of Labor's standards for apprenticeship programs, and testing is delivered by U.S.-based accredited sponsor organizations and assessment centers; NCCER describes its credentials as 'portable and recognized globally' but no country list is published for assessment delivery.
Retake policy
Re-testing is permitted after remediation (knowledge assessments produce a training prescription 'allowing for focused remediation prior to re-testing'); no waiting period or attempt limit is published in HTML