NCCER Industrial Ironworker Knowledge Verified credential — Requirements & Free Practice
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NCCER Industrial Ironworker Knowledge Verified credential
NCCER craft-specific Knowledge Verified credential earned by passing the Industrial Ironworker journey-level knowledge assessment.
Licensing authority: National Center for Construction Education and Research
Initial by examination
- Assessment Delivery
- NCCER-accredited Assessment Program or a participating public center.
- Award Boundary
- This Knowledge Verified route requires the knowledge assessment. Full NCCER craft certification additionally requires the Performance Verified credential.
NCCER Industrial Ironworker Knowledge Assessment
- Provider
- NCCER-accredited Assessment Programs
- Format
- Closed-book written knowledge assessment
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 57.
- Time limit
- Two hours
- Passing score
- 75
Examination outline
- Cutting & Welding (10.53%)
- Rigging (19.3%)
- Cranes and Forklifts (14.04%)
- Structural Ironworking (12.28%)
- Tools and Equipment of the Trade (3.51%)
- Fastening (3.51%)
- Plumbing, Aligning, and Guying (8.77%)
- Trade Drawings (7.02%)
- Joists and Girders (5.26%)
- Trade Math and Field Fabrication (12.28%)
- Metal Decking and Stud Welding (3.51%)
Examination sources
- NCCER assessment specifications
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page 1, Written Assessment Contents
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page 2, Written Assessment Contents
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page 1, Overview
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page 1, passing score
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page 2, total item count
- NCCER assessment policy
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