NASCLA-Accredited Examination Program Overview

NASCLA-Accredited Examination
Program Overview
Everything You Have Been Waiting to Hear about the
NASCLA-Accredited Examination Program
Joe Rogers
NASCLA-Accredited Examination Program Submarketing Committee Chair
NASCLA Board of Director
Executive Director, Alabama Licensing Board for General Contractors
Heidi Lincer-Hill, Ph.D.
NASCLA-Accredited Examination Program Committee Chair
Manager, Examination Development Unit,
California Contractors State License Board
NASCLA-Accredited Examination
Committee Mission
To improve the
quality of
construction
examinations and
enable the mobility
of contractors
across jurisdictions.
History and Purpose of the NASCLAAccredited Examination Program
z Multiple, redundant exams
z Limited reciprocity
z Need for licensed contractors to be
mobile during national disasters
z Need for improved standards for
licensure examinations
Program Overview
z Examination providers pass audits to become
approved and/or to provide accredited
examinations.
z Regulatory agencies specify NASCLA-
approved providers and NASCLA-accredited
examinations.
z Applicants take accredited examinations in
addition to meeting other licensure
requirements.
Program Overview
z States accept accredited examinations as
meeting the trade examination requirement.
z Examination providers send results to NED.
z Applicants and states access NED to
send/retrieve examination results.
One Piece of the Licensure “Pie”
NASCLA-Accredited
Trade Examination
Law and
Business
Examination
Financial
Statements
Character/Criminal
Experience Background Checks
Requirements
What Does it Mean to be
NASCLA-Approved?
NASCLA-Approved Provider
z Examination Provider has met
NASCLA’s business, financial and
examination security standards.
What Does it Mean to be
NASCLA-Approved?
z Examination Provider is in the
process of developing an
examination for commercial building
contractors to submit for NASCLA
accreditation.
OR
z Examination Provider does not offer
an examination for commercial
building contractors, but offers other
contractor examinations.
What Does it Mean to be
NASCLA-Accredited?
NASCLA-Accredited Examination
z Examination Provider has met NASCLA’s
business, financial and examination
security standards.
z Examination was developed in accordance
with a national occupational analysis and
meets NASCLA psychometric standards.
How can States Implement
the Accredited Examination Program?
z States specify in their RFPs that only
NASCLA-approved providers or
NASCLA- accredited examinations
are acceptable.
z States accept the results of a
NASCLA-accredited examination
given by a NASCLA Accredited
Provider.
NASCLA-Accredited Examination for
Commercial General Building
Contractors
z Open book
z Based on a number of references
including the International Building Code
z 4 option multiple-choice
z 125 questions: 115 scored, maximum 10
pretest
NASCLA-Accredited Examination for
Commercial General Building Contractors
CONTENT DOMAINS
% OF EXAM
1. Estimating, Bidding, and
20%
Preconstruction Services
2. Project Management
24%
3. Project Construction
28%
4. Project Closeout
8%
5. Organizational and Financial
20%
Management
Everything You Have Been
Waiting to Hear
z Two examination providers are
NASCLA-approved!
z Two examinations for Commercial
General Building Contractor are
NASCLA-accredited!
How Does the Program Work?
Applicant
State Agency
Examination
Provider
NED
Benefits to Regulatory Agencies
and Contractors
z Examination
providers have
passed business,
financial, security,
and psychometric
audits.
Benefits to Regulatory Agencies
and Contractors
z Contractors who
pass the test can
send results to
multiple
jurisdictions.
NASCLA States that are Administering the
NASCLA-Accredited Examination Program
z Alabama
z Mississippi
z South Carolina
Questions about the Program?
Commercial
General Building
Contractors
Examination
NASCLA-Accredited
Examination Program for
Commercial General Building
Contractors