Certification
PROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DEMONSTRATE YOUR SKILL AND EARN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED CONCRETE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION
Individuals
Becoming certified is an investment in your profession, your education, and your success. Since many local, national
and international building codes require certified personnel on the jobsite, your value increases.
Employers
Certification can help build your reputation with clients and specifiers and offers potential to become eligible for more projects.
Investing in your team is an investment in your business. As a business, you need certified employees to get accredited and to get work in the lab and field.
Specifiers
Mandating the involvement of certified personnel will ensure qualified people on the jobsite doing the work correctly. Proper performance
of test procedures improves the reliability of test results and aids in the quality control of the concrete. Most importantly, proper
testing assures accurate and timely verification of concrete that meets design specifications and identifies concrete that is substandard;
this can minimize job site problems and costly delays. In the event of a dispute, the certified technician's complete and accurate test records become essential.
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMES
ACI-ICT EN Standards Concrete Field Testing Technician (link-A)
Jointly accredited and administered by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and Institute of Concrete Technology (ICT),
this programme offers candidates the opportunity to gain internationally-recognised certification in relation to concrete field testing.
UPCOMING CERTIFICATION EVENTS
Certification may be arranged as an in-house event for employees or as a public session open to all.
To enquire about an in-house session, please e-mail ICT's Executive Officer, Edwin Trout, for further information.
DEFINITION OF ACI-ICT CONCRETE FIELD TEST TECHNICIAN
An ACI-ICT EN Standards Concrete Field Testing Technician is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to properly perform and record the results of seven basic field tests on freshly mixed concrete, as prescribed by EN Standards.
SCOPE AND KNOWLEDGE
The programme requires a working knowledge of the following European standards:
- EN 12350-1, Testing Fresh Concrete Part 1: Sampling
- EN 12350-2, Testing Fresh Concrete Part 2: Slump Test
- EN 12350-5, Testing Fresh Concrete Part 5: Flow Table Test
- EN 12350-6, Testing Fresh Concrete Part 6: Density
- EN 12350-7, Testing Fresh Concrete Part 7: Air Content - Pressure Methods
- EN 12350-8, Testing Fresh Concrete Part 8: Self-Consolidating Concrete / Slump-Flow Test
- EN 12390-2, Testing Hardened Concrete Part 2: Making and Curing Specimens for Strength Tests
A detailed list of specific points of knowledge and skills that may be included in the examinations for this certification programme is given in the following document:
Job Task Analysis (JTA) for ACI-ICT EN Standards Concrete Field Testing Technician
ACI and ICT urge candidates to use the JTA to prepare for the certification exams.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
ACI/ICT will grant certification only to those applicants who meet both of the following requirements:
- A passing grade on the ACI-ICT written examination; AND
- Successful completion of the ACI-ICT performance examination.
The 90-minute written examination is closed-book and consists of approximately 70 multiple-choice questions. There are ten [10] questions on each EN standard considered.
Successful completion of the written examination shall require the examinee to:
- Score sixty percent [60%] or higher on each individual section; AND
- Score a minimum of seventy percent [70%] for the overall examination
The performance examination is also closed-book and requires actual demonstration of seven EN Standard Procedures. The examinee
is judged on his/her ability to correctly perform or describe all of the required procedures.
Re-certification is necessary every five years and requires successful completion of both the written and performance examinations.
STUDY MATERIAL
Once registered, candidates will receive a dedicated ‘EN Standard Concrete Field Test Technician workbook’ This workbook
describes the operation of the certification programme and provides technical materials and directions necessary to prepare
or the written and practical examinations.
The workbook will also serve as an excellent ongoing reference document for certified technicians.
PROOF OF CERTIFIED STATUS
All certified ACI-ICT Concrete Field Test Technicians will receive a certificate and wallet-sized certification card, both
valid for five-years from the date of passing the written and performance exams
Live lists of certified personnel are also available via:
Published Articles on Certification
What not to do
Articles in Concrete
Certification of concrete field testing technicians published in Concrete, vol 53, issue 5, Concrete Society, Camberley, June 2019 p20-22
Concrete field testing technician published in Concrete, vol 54, issue 5, Concrete Society, Camberley, June 2020 p20-22
