NCCCO certification is valid for five
years. Recertification candidates must
complete all recertification requirements
during the 12 months prior to their certification’s
expiration date. In most cases, a
practical exam is not required for recertification,
only a written exam.
Certifying in house
In addition to arranging training employers
can also host written and/or practical
NCCCO testing at their site.
Hosting written exams does not have
any costs associated with it as long as
minimum candidates and form submission
timelines are met, although someone will
need to be designated as the written test
site coordinator. This primarily involves
setting up an indoor testing room with
an appropriate number of desks or tables,
notifying NCCCO and coordinating with
the NCCCO chief examiner who will administer
the exams. Full instructions for establishing
a written test site are contained in
the NCCCO Written Test Site Coordinator
Handbook (www.nccco.org/tsch-w) and on
the website at www.nccco.org/host-written.
Sites can choose to be either closed to only
their employees or open to all candidates
seeking to take NCCCO written exams.
Written exam test sites may host any and
all NCCCO written exams (including recertification
exams), not just the dedicated pile
driver operator exam.
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