Concrete Work Element Credit for ACI Certification
You'll have a head start in meeting NICET's examination requirement for the Construction Materials Testing subfield of Concrete if you have one or more of the following ACI certifications:
By submitting a photocopy of the front and back of your current ACI wallet card, you'll automatically receive credit for selected work elements. For some of the ACI certifications, you must provide performance verifications for the exempted work elements (see details below). On your Personal Tally Sheet (found in the Construction Materials Testing Program Detail Manual) mark an "A" next to the exempted work element numbers.
ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician - Grade I
You are exempt from testing and verifying the following work elements:
| 8200l | Level I | Special | Sample Fresh Concrete |
| 82002 | Level I | Special | Slump Test |
| 82015 | Level I | Special | Temperature of Fresh Concrete |
| 84002 | Level II | Special | Air Content by Pressure Method/Concrete |
| 84003 | Level II | Special | Air Content by Gravimetric Method/Concrete |
| 84004 | Level II | Special | Air Content by Volumetric Method/Concrete |
| 84010 | Level II | Special | Field-Prepared Test Specimens/Concrete |
ACI Concrete Laboratory Testing Technician - Grade I
You are exempt from testing and verifying the following work elements:
| 82004 | Level I | Special | Cap Cylindrical Concrete Specimens |
| 82006 | Level I | Special | Sampling/Aggregates |
| 82007 | Level I | Special | Sieve Analysis/Aggregates |
| 82008 | Level I | Special | Materials Finer Than No. 200 Sieve |
| 82010 | Level I | Special | Unit Weight/Aggregates |
| 82011 | Level I | Special | Total Moisture Content/Aggregates |
| 84006 | Level II | Special | Compressive Strength of Cylinders |
| 84033 | Level II | Special | Aggregate Specific Gravity and Absorption |
| 84035 | Level II | Special | Organic Impurities in Concrete Sand |
ACI Concrete Laboratory Testing Technician - Grade II
You are exempt from testing the following work elements, but you must provide supervisor verification for each one:
| 84007 | Level II | Special | Laboratory Prepared Test Specimens/Concrete |
| 84011 | Level II | Special | Drilled Cores and Sawed Beams/Concrete |
| 84012 | Level II | Special | Third-Point Flexural Strength |
| 84017 | Level II | Special | Splitting Tensile Strength/Concrete |
| 84032 | Level II | Special | Aggregate Lightweight Pieces |
| 84034 | Level II | Special | Aggregate Resistance to Abrasion |
| 84036 | Level II | Special | Clay Lumps and Friable Particles |
| 84041 | Level II | Special | Sulfate Test for Aggregate Soundness |
| 86005 | Level III | Special | Concrete Mixes |
ACI Laboratory Testing Technician – Level I
You are exempt from testing, but you must provide verification for the following:
| 82004 | Level I | Special | Cap Cylindrical Concrete Specimens |
| 82006 | Level I | Special | Sampling/Aggregates |
| 82007 | Level I | Special | Sieve Analysis/Aggregates |
| 82008 | Level I | Special | Materials Finer Than No. 200 Sieve |
| 82011 | Level I | Special | Total Moisture Content/Aggregates |
| 84006 | Level II | Special | Compressive Strength of Cylinders |
| 84012 | Level II | Special | Third-Point Flexural Strength |
| 84033 | Level II | Special | Aggregate Specific Gravity and Absorption |
| 84035 | Level II | Special | Organic Impurities in Concrete Sand |
ACI Laboratory Testing Technician – Level II
You are exempt from testing, but you must provide verification for the following:
| 84007 | Level II | Special | Special Laboratory Prepared Test Specimens/Concrete |
| 84011 | Level II | Special | Drilled Cores and Sawed Beams/Concrete |
| 84017 | Level II | Special | Splitting Tensile Strength/Concrete |
| 86005 | Level III | Special | Concrete Mixes |
ACI Concrete Strength Testing Technician
You are exempt from testing and verifying the following work elements:
| 82004 | Level I | Special | Cap Cylindrical Concrete Specimens |
| 84006 | Level II | Special | Compressive Strength of Cylinders |
| 84012 | Level II | Special | Third-Point Flexural Strength |
ACI Field Aggregate Testing Technician
You are exempt from testing and verifying the following work elements:
| 82006 | Level I | Special | Sampling/Aggregates |
| 82007 | Level I | Special | Sieve Analysis/Aggregates |
| 82008 | Level I | Special | Materials Finer Than No. 200 Sieve |
| 82011 | Level I | Special | Total Moisture Content/Aggregates |
| 84036 | Level II | Special | Clay Lumps and Friable Particles |
| 92002 | Level II | Special | Test Sample (Soils) Preparation (Soils work element) |
| 94003 | Level II | Special | Liquid and Plastic Limits (Soils work element) |
ACI Laboratory Aggregate Testing Technician
You are exempt from testing and (unless noted) verifying the following work elements:
| 82010 | Level I | Special | Unit Weight/Aggregates |
| 84032 | Level II | Special | Aggregate Lightweight Pieces |
| 84033 | Level II | Special | Aggregate Specific Gravity and Absorption |
| 84034* | Level II | Special | Aggregate Resistance to Abrasion |
| 84035 | Level II | Special | Organic Impurities in Concrete Sand |
| 84041* | Level II | Special | Sulfate Test for Aggregate Soundness |
| 94014 | Level II | Special | Plastic Fines by Sand Equivalent Test (Soils work element) |
ACI Aggregate Testing Technician- Level I
You are exempt from testing and verifying:
| 82006 | Level I | Special | Sampling/Aggregates |
| 82007 | Level I | Special | Sieve Analysis/Aggregates |
| 82008 | Level I | Special | Materials Finer Than No. 200 Sieve |
| 82011 | Level I | Special | Total Moisture Content/Aggregates |
| 84033 | Level II | Special | Aggregate Specific Gravity and Absorption |
| 84035 | Level II | Special | Organic Impurities in Concrete Sand |
ACI Aggregate Testing Technician – Level II
You are exempt from testing and verifying:
| 82010 | Level I | Special | Unit Weight/Aggregates |
| 84032 | Level II | Special | Aggregate Lightweight Pieces |
| 84034* | Level II | Special | Aggregate Resistance to Abrasion |
| 84036 | Level II | Special | Clay Lumps and Friable Particles |
| 84041* | Level II | Special | Sulfate Test for Aggregate Soundness |
| 94014 | Level II | Special | Plastic Fines by Sand Equivalent Test (Soils work element) |
* verification required
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