NCCER Craft Certifications

 
 
Written Assessments:

 

Boilermaker

Commercial Carpentry

Commercial Electrician

Industrial Carpenter

Industrial Electrician

Industrial Insulator

Industrial Ironworker

Industrial Maintenance Electrician

Industrial Maintenance Mechanic

Industrial Painter

Industrial Pipefitter

Indstrument Fitter

Instrument Technician

Millwright

Mobile Crane

Scaffold Builder

 

 

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Boilermaker

Level One

§         Boilermaking Safety, Tools and Materials.

§         Oxyfuel Cutting; Cutting and Fitting Gaskets

§         Welding Basics

Level Two

§         Welding Symbols, Drawings and Detail Sheets

§         Tube Weld Preparation & Fitting

§         Pipe Hangers and Supports, Fasteners

§         Spring Can Supports

§         Butt Weld Pipe Fabrication

Level Three

§         Boiler Pressure and Non Pressure components

§         Special Rigging

§         Boiler Auxiliaries

§         Towers and Exchangers

§         Testing Piping Systems and Equipment

Level Four

§         Advanced Trade Math, Blueprint Reading

§         Advanced Towers & Exchangers and Boiler Tube Systems

§         Advanced Pipe Fabrication

§         Stress Relieving and Quality Assurance

Commercial Carpentry

 

            Level One    

§         Orientation to the Trade

§         Wood Building Materials, Fasteners and Adhesives

§         Hand and Power Tools

§         Flooring Systems, Wall and Ceiling Framing, Roof Framing

Level Two

§         Reading Plans and Elevations

§         Site Layout One – Distance Measurement & Leveling

§         Introduction to Concrete and Reinforcing Materials

§         Foundations and Flatwork, Concrete Forms

§         Reinforcing Concrete, Handling and Placing Concrete

§         Manufactured Forms

Level Three

§         Exterior Finish, Roof Applications

§         Thermal and Moisture Protection

§         Stairs, Framing with Metal Studs

§         Drywall One – Installation; Drywall Two - Finishing

§         Interior Finish – Doors, Suspended Ceilings, Window, Ceiling Trim, Floor, Cabinet Installation

Level Four

§         Site Layout Two – Angular Measurement

§         Advanced – Roof, Floor, Wall and Stairs

§         Introduction to Light Equipment

§         Welding

§         Metal Buildings

                       

Commercial Electrician

 

            Level One    

§         Electrical Safety

§         Hand Bending

§         Electrical Theory One

§         Electrical Test Equipment

§         Introduction to National Electric Code

§         Raceways, Boxes, Fittings and Conductors

§         Introduction to Electrical Blueprints

§         Wiring: Commercial and Industrial

Level Two

§         Grounding, Conduit Bending, Boxes and Fittings

§         Conductor Installation, Termination and Splices

§         Installation of Electrical Services

§         Circuit Breakers, Fuses, Contactors and Relays

§         Electric Lighting

Level Three

§         Load Calculations - Branch Circuits

§         Conductor Selection, Calculations and Overcurrent Protection

§          Raceway Box and Fitting Fill Requirements and Wiring Devices

§         Distribution Equipment and System Transformers

§         Lamps, Ballasts, Components

Level Four

§         Load Calculations, Feeders and Services

§         Standby, Emergency, Fire and Alarm Systems

 

Industrial Carpenter

 

            Level One    

§         Basic Safety & Intro to Construction Math

§         Wood Building Materials, Fasteners and Adhesives

§         Hand and Power Tools

§         Flooring Systems, Wall and Ceiling Framing

§         Windows and Exterior Doors

Level Two

§         Site Layout One:  Distance Measuring and Leveling

§         Introduction to Concrete & Reinforcing Materials

§         Foundations, Flatwork and Concrete Forms

§         Reinforcing, Handling and Placing Concrete

§         Manufactured Forms

Level Three

§         Stairs

§         Framing with Metal Studs

§         Suspended Ceilings

§         Interior Finish:  Doors and Windows

 

Industrial Electrician

 

Level One    

§         Electrical Safety, Theory One and Two

§         Electrical Test Equipment

§         Raceways, Boxes, Fittings and Conductors

§         Introduction to Electrical Blueprints

§         Wiring:  Commercial and Industrial

Level Two

§         Alternating Current, Grounding and Conduit Bending

§         Motors:  Theory and Application

§         Boxes, Fittings and Cable Trays

§         Conductor Installation, Termination and Splices

§         Installation of Electric Services

Level Three

§         Conductor Selection, Calculations and Overcurrent Protection

§         Raceway, Box and Fitting Requirements

§         Distribution Equipment and System Transformers

§         Motor Controls and Hazardous Locations

Level Four

§         Heat Tracing and Freeze Protection

§         High Voltage Termination and Splices

           

Industrial Insulator

 

Level One    

§         Basic Safety and Tools of the Trade

§         Characteristics of Pipe Insulation

§         Installing Pipe Fittings, Valves and Flanges

Level Two

§         Installing Calcium Silicate/Expanded Perlite Pipe Insulation

§         Installing Mineral Wool, Rigid Roam and Board and Block Insulation

§         Cement and Fabric Finishes and Mastics

§         Chilled and Hot Water Heating Systems

Level Three

§         Trade Math

§         Adhesives and Their Uses

§         Jacketing Fabrication – Piping and Fitting and Vessels and Equipment

§         Sheet Metal Lagging

 

Industrial Ironworker

 

Level One    

§         Basic Safety, Tools, Equipment, Blueprints and Processes of the Trade

§         Means and Methods of Access

§         Construction Cranes:  One

§         Rigging for Ironworking:  One

§         Material Handling and Storage

§         Structural Ironworking:  One

§         Plumbing, Aligning, Fastening and Guying

§         Oxyfuel Cutting

§         Field Fabrication:  One

Level Two

§         Trade Math and Blueprint Reading – Two

§         Rigging for Ironworking - Two

§         Structural Ironworking – Two

§         Construction Cranes - Two

Level Three

§         Demolition

§         Structural Ironworking – Three

 

Industrial Maintenance Electrician

 

Level One    

§         Basic Safety, Introduction to Construction Math, Introduction to Power Tools and Basic Rigging

§         Electrical Test Equipment

§         Electrical Safety

§         Hand Bending (Conduit)

§         Electrical Theory – Two

§         Electrical Test Equipment (focus on Medium Voltage)

§         Introduction to Electrical Blueprints

Level Two

§         Wiring:  Commercial and Industrial (focus on Material Identification)

§         Grounding

§         Conductor Terminations and Splices

§         Circuit Breakers, Fuses, Contactors and Relays

Level Three

§         Hazardous Locations

§         Motor Controls

§         Motor Maintenance – Part Two

Level Four

§         Specialty Transformers

§         Heat Tracing and Freeze Protection

§         Standby and Emergency Systems (focus on UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supplies

§         Programmable Logic Controllers

Level Five

§         Preventative and Predictive Maintenance

 

Industrial Maintenance Mechanic

 

Level One    

§         Basic Safety, Introduction to Construction Math, Introduction to Power Tools and Basic Rigging

§         Basic Layout

§         Structural Ironworking – One

§         Oxyfuel Cutting

Level Two

§         Field Sketching

§         Lubrication

§         Piping Systems

§         Fasteners and Steam Traps

Level Three

§         Testing Piping Systems and Equipment

§         Prealignment for Drilling and Tapping

§         Gaskets and Packing

§         Boiler Pressure and Non Pressure Components

§         Boiler Auxiliaries, Towers and Exchangers

Level Four

§         Identifying, Installing and Maintaining Valves

§         Steam Systems

§         Advanced Towers and Exchangers

§         Planning Work Activities

Level Five

§         Drawings and Symbols

 

Industrial Painter

 

Level Four   

§         Safety, Ladders, Scaffolds, Lifts and Fall Protection

§         Surface Preparation One: Manual

§         Surface Preparation Two: Abrasive Blasting

§         Industrial Coatings

§         Coating Applications/Equipment

§         Quality Control, Assurance and Inspection

§         Coatings, Failures and Analysis

 

Industrial Pipefitter

 

Level One    

§         Introduction to Construction Math

§         Pipefitting Hand and Power Tools

§         Threaded Pipe Fabrications

§         Ladders and Scaffolds

Level Two

§         Underground Pipe Installation

§         Drawings and Detail Sheets

§         Pipefitting Trade Math

§         Socket Weld and Butt Weld Pipe Fabrication

§         Rigging

§         Pipe Hangers and Supports

Level Three

§         Advanced Blueprint Reading

§         Standards and Specifications

§         Introduction to Above Ground Pipe Installation

§         Identifying and Installing Valves

§         Field Routing and Vessel Trim

§         Spring Can Supports

§         Testing Piping Systems and Equipment

Level Four

§         Advanced Pipe Fabrication

§         Stress Relieving and Aligning

§         In-Line Specialties

           

Instrument Fitter

 

Level One    

§         Basic Safety and Introduction to Hand Tools

§         Hand and Power Tools for Instrumentation

§         Electrical Safety

§         Metallurgy for Instrumentation

§         Fasteners, Gaskets and Packing

§         Instrument Drawings and Documents:  Part One

§         Lubricants, Sealants and Cleaners

§         Flow, Pressure, Level and Temperature

§         Tubing

§         Piping – 2” and Under

Level Two

§         Craft Related Mathematics

§         Instrumentation Drawings and Documents: Part Two

§         Elements, Transmitters, Transducers and Displacers

§         Control Valves, Actuators and Positioners

§         Panel and Field Mounting Instruments

Level Three

§         Layout Tubing and Piping Systems

§         Measure, Bend, Install and Support Tubing and Piping

§         Perform Pressure and Leak Testing on Tubing and Piping

 

Instrument Technician

 

Level One    

§         Electrical Safety

§         Electrical Systems for Instrumentation

§         Instrument Drawings and Documents: Part One

§         Flow, Pressure, Level and Temperature

Level Two

§         Craft Related Mathematics

§         Process Control Theory

§         Elements, Transmitters, Transducers and Displacers

§         Controllers, Recorders and Indicators

§         Control Valves, Actuators and Positioners

§         Relays, Timers, Switches and Photoelectric Devices

§         Filters, Regulators and Dryers

§         Analyzers and Monitors

§         Stand – Mounted Instruments

Level Three

§         Identify and Apply Instrumentation Circuitry

§         Apply Proper Grounding and Shielding of Instrumentation Wiring

§         Terminate Conductors

Level Four

§         Identify and Use Calibration Test Equipment

§         Calibrate for – Temperature, Flow, Level, Pressure and Valves

§         Perform Continuity Check per Loop and Verify Mechanical Installation

§         Perform Final Calibration Checks, Simulate and Prove Loop

§         Troubleshoot Loop

 

Millwright

 

Level One    

§         Basic Safety and Layout

§         Oxyfuel Cutting

§         SMAW Equipment and Setup

§         Millwright Hand Tools

§         Cutting and Fitting Gaskets

§         Fasteners

Level Two

§         Intermediate Trade Math, Blueprint Reading

§         Specialty and Millwright Power Tools

§         Light Lifting Devices

§         Lubrication

§         Introduction to Bearings

Level Three

§         Precision Measuring Tools

§         Installing Couplings, Packing, Mechanical Seals, Belt and Chain Drives, Fans and Blowers, Bearings and Seals

§         Prealignment for Drilling and Tapping

§         Fabricating Shims

Level Four

§         Conveyors

§         Troubleshooting and Repairing Compressors, Pumps and Gearboxes

§         Setting Baseplates and Soleplates

§         Conventional Alignment

§         Pumps

Level Five

§         Advanced Blueprint Reading

§         Turbines

§         Troubleshoot and Repair Turbine Equipment

§         AC/DC Motor Operation

§         Preventive and Predictive Maintenance

§         Performing Reverse and Laser Alignment

 

Mobile Crane

 

Level One    

§         Basic Principles of Cranes

§         Rigging Practices

§         Crane Safety

§         Operating a Crane

§         Communication

§         Preventive Maintenance

§         Load Charts

§         Computer Aids

§         Load Dynamics

§         Site Conditions and Set Up

§         Emergency Procedures

§         Lifting a Load

 

Scaffold Builder

 

Level One    

§         Trade Safety, Math, Tools and Equipment

§         Stationary Scaffolds

§         Mobile Scaffolds

§         Suspension Scaffolds