NCCER to Release Testing Management System Next Week

January 7, 2015 - In an effort to streamline and automate the credential submittal process for craft instructors, NCCER will release its Testing Management System for all NCCER Accredited Training Sponsors on Jan. 15. The new system alleviates the administrative burdens that NCCER Accredited Training Sponsors, Accredited Training and Education Facilities (ATEFs), and instructors encounter when manually submitting training completions for credentials.

While use of the Testing Management System is optional, it comes with a number of benefits, including ease of setting up classes and adding student rosters, online module testing, multiple test forms, automatic scoring of module exams, easy reporting of performance profile completions, electronic record storage, automatic submissions to NCCER’s Registry, quicker credential processing and easy navigation. In addition, the system’s web-based platform does not require any special software or hardware, and it can be accessed from a desktop, laptop or tablet device.

Previous processes required craft instructors to generate, administer, and score their own tests and then complete submittal documentation for all module exams. The new, online system makes setting up classes and adding students much easier for instructors and eliminates the need for paper-based testing by instructors.

The system also includes electronic scoring with test results available to instructors within minutes of a student completing his or her module exam. In addition, electronic record storage within the Testing Management System relieves the need for instructors to maintain paper module exam and Form 200 records. Instructors can now report completed Performance Profiles directly into the system. Module exam and performance profile results are automatically reported to NCCER’s registry. This process eliminates the requirement for instructors to complete an NCCER Form 200 and submit it to their sponsor representatives for approval. Additionally, this process allows for quicker credential processing, because instructors no longer have heavy administrative processes or the need to go through their Accredited Training Sponsors to submit training paperwork.