NCCER Boilermaker – Pressure Vessel Knowledge Verified credential — Requirements & Free Practice
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NCCER Boilermaker – Pressure Vessel Knowledge Verified credential
Licensing authority: National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)
Initial by examination
- Award Boundary
- Passing the knowledge assessment earns Knowledge Verified for this craft. Full NCCER craft certification separately requires Performance Verified; that is a different award.
Boilermaker – Pressure Vessel
- Provider
- NCCER-accredited Assessment Programs
- Format
- Two-hour closed-book examination
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 93.
- Time limit
- Two hours
- Passing score
- 75
Examination outline
- Boilermaker Fundamentals (10.75%)
- Cutting Basics (10.75%)
- Welding Basics (11.83%)
- Pipe Support (8.6%)
- Rigging (5.38%)
- Construction Drawings (6.45%)
- Math (4.3%)
- Boiler Components (20.43%)
- Pipe Fabrication (16.13%)
- Tube Work (5.38%)
Examination sources
- NCCER Boilermaker – Pressure Vessel assessment specifications
page 1, NCCER Curriculum
- NCCER Boilermaker – Pressure Vessel assessment specifications
page 1, Written Assessment Contents table
- NCCER Boilermaker – Pressure Vessel assessment specifications
page 2, Written Assessment Contents table
- NCCER Boilermaker – Pressure Vessel assessment specifications
page 1, Overview
- NCCER Boilermaker – Pressure Vessel assessment specifications
page 1, passing score
- NCCER Boilermaker – Pressure Vessel assessment specifications
page 1, Assessment Development
- NCCER Assess. Verify. Upskill.
Assessment Accreditation
- NCCER Assess. Verify. Upskill.
Option 2: Use a Public Assessment Center
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