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ACI Workbook Order Form

WORKBOOKS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN EXAM REGISTRATION*. If you would like to receive a Workbook, it must be purchased separately.

*The Full Inspector certification courses INCLUDE the workbook when scheduled. Please see the CCSI or CTCI certification registration for detailed information.

A Concrete Field Testing Technician – Grade I is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to properly perform and record the results of seven basic field tests on freshly mixed concrete. Once all portions of the exam are passed, the certification is valid through ACI for 5 years. CRMCA does not keep record of certifications or results. 

This is NOT a training session

REGISTRATION PROCESS CHANGE REMINDER

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• When you submit a registration, whether for yourself or someone else, the registration details will be available to you in your account and you will receive all necessary communications.

• In order to register someone else YOU MUST USE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS for the registration. You can use a personal email if a company email isn’t available.

Click Here to Register for ACI Field 1 Exams

(Registration opens roughly 6 weeks before each exam date, around the 1st & 15th of the month)

The Field 1 Training provides an opportunity for new and existing personnel to understand basic field concrete testing procedures and why they are necessary. The training will encompass the seven (7) ASTM Standards contained within the ACI Field Concrete Testing Technician certification, which is required for most testing technicians on nearly all project sites. The training is not required prior to registration of a certification session for individuals, though is highly recommended as an introduction and/or refresher on the requirements of the certification. The one-day course full of both in class presentation and hands-on practice is free to CRMCA members. This training does NOT include the study manual or exam.

REGISTRATION PROCESS CHANGE REMINDER

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• When you submit a registration, whether for yourself or someone else, the registration details will be available to you in your account and you will receive all necessary communications.

• In order to register someone else YOU MUST USE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS for the registration. You can use a personal email if a company email isn’t available.

Click Here to Register for ACI Field 1 TRAINING

(Registration opens roughly 6 weeks before each training, around the 1st & 15th of the month)

A Concrete Strength Testing Technician is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to properly perform, record, and report the results of four basic ASTM laboratory procedures related to the determination of concrete compressive and flexural strength. 

REGISTRATION PROCESS CHANGE REMINDER

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• When you submit a registration, whether for yourself or someone else, the registration details will be available to you in your account and you will receive all necessary communications.

• In order to register someone else YOU MUST USE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS for the registration. You can use a personal email if a company email isn’t available.

Click Here to Register for ACI Strength Exams

(Registration opens roughly 6 weeks before each exam date, around the 1st & 15th of the month)

An Aggregate Testing Technician – Level 1 is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to properly perform and record the results basic field and laboratory procedures for aggregates. Once all portions of the exam are passed, the certification is valid through ACI for 5 years. CRMCA does not keep record of certifications or results. 

REGISTRATION PROCESS CHANGE REMINDER

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• There is one registration link for the entire year.

• When you submit a registration, whether for yourself or someone else, the registration details will be available to you in your account and you will receive all necessary communications.

• In order to register someone else YOU MUST USE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS for the registration. You can use a personal email if a company email isn’t available.

2025 ACI Aggregate Testing Technician Level 1 Exam Registration

(Registration opens roughly 6 weeks before each exam date, around the 1st & 15th of the month)

An Aggregate Testing Technician – Level 2 is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to properly perform, record, and report the results of advanced laboratory procedures for aggregates. ACI states individuals must possess a current certification as an Aggregate Testing Technician – Level 1 to grant certification of Aggregate Testing Technician – Level 2. CRMCA recommends registrants already be certified as an Aggregate Testing Technician – Level 1 prior to scheduling this certification. Once all portions of the exam are passed, the certification is valid through ACI for 5 years. CRMCA does not keep record of certifications or results. 

REGISTRATION PROCESS CHANGE REMINDER

See above for more details

• There is one registration link for the entire year.

• When you submit a registration, whether for yourself or someone else, the registration details will be available to you in your account and you will receive all necessary communications.

• In order to register someone else YOU MUST USE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS for the registration. You can use a personal email if a company email isn’t available.

2025 ACI Aggregate Testing Technician Level 2 Exam Registration

(Registration opens roughly 6 weeks before each exam date, around the 1st & 15th of the month)

A Concrete Laboratory Testing Technician – Level 2 is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to properly perform, record, and report the results of advanced laboratory procedures for aggregates and concrete. ACI states individuals must possess a current certification in ACI Concrete Laboratory Testing Technician – Level 1. A person having concurrent certifications in ACI Concrete Strength Testing Technician and Aggregate Testing Technician – Level 1 is equivalent to the Laboratory Testing Technician – Level 1 certification. Individuals must also have one year (2000 hours) of work experience in concrete and concrete aggregate laboratory testing. Please see the Work Experience Form to complete and submit your experience requirements. Once all portions of the exam are passed, the certification is valid through ACI for 5 years. CRMCA does not keep record of certifications or results. 

REGISTRATION PROCESS CHANGE REMINDER

See above for more details

• There is one registration link for the entire year.

• When you submit a registration, whether for yourself or someone else, the registration details will be available to you in your account and you will receive all necessary communications.

• In order to register someone else YOU MUST USE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS for the registration. You can use a personal email if a company email isn’t available.

2025 ACI Laboratory Testing Technician Level 2 Exam Registration

(Registration opens roughly 6 weeks before each exam date, around the 1st & 15th of the month)

An Aggregate Base Testing Technician is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to properly perform, record, and report the results of basic field and laboratory procedures for fine aggregates and soils. Once all portions of the exam are passed, the certification is valid through ACI for 5 years. CRMCA does not keep record of certifications or results. 

REGISTRATION PROCESS CHANGE REMINDER

See above for more details

• There is one registration link for the entire year.

• When you submit a registration, whether for yourself or someone else, the registration details will be available to you in your account and you will receive all necessary communications.

• In order to register someone else YOU MUST USE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS for the registration. You can use a personal email if a company email isn’t available.

2025 ACI Aggregate Base Testing Technician Exam Registration

(Registration opens roughly 6 weeks before each exam date, around the 1st & 15th of the month)

A Concrete Flatwork Associate (formerly Concrete Flatwork Technician) is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge (via a written examination) on proper procedures to place, consolidate, finish, edge, joint, cure, and protect concrete flatwork.

A Concrete Flatwork Finisher (formerly Concrete Flatwork Tradesman) is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge (via a hand-on performance examination) necessary to place, consolidate, finish, edge, joint, cure, and protect concrete flatwork, but lacks sufficient work experience to qualify as a concrete flatwork finisher.

An Advanced Concrete Flatwork Finisher (formerly Concrete Flatwork Finisher and Technician) is a craftsman who has demonstrated the knowledge AND skills and/or experience necessary to place, consolidate, finish, edge, joint, cure, and protect concrete flatwork.

CRMCA does not keep record of certifications or results. 

Note, the in-person courses offered include a half-day refresher/review prior to the written exam only. The CRMCA does NOT provide the on-hands performance exam to meet the requirements of a Concrete Flatwork Finisher. If the appropriate work experience is met, an individual can complete the written exam and complete the Experience Form (prior to their scheduled session) to obtain the title Advanced Concrete Flatwork Finisher. For more information on the certification or the certification requirements, please click here. Please see the Work Experience Form to complete and submit your experience requirements. If you’d need to schedule a group or individual from your company for either the review/exam or just the exam, please contact email us at aci@coloradocaa.org.

REGISTRATION PROCESS CHANGE REMINDER

See above for more details

• There is one registration link for the entire year.

• When you submit a registration, whether for yourself or someone else, the registration details will be available to you in your account and you will receive all necessary communications.

• In order to register someone else YOU MUST USE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS for the registration. You can use a personal email if a company email isn’t available.

2025 Concrete Flatwork Associate Exam Registration

(Registration opens roughly 6 weeks before each exam date, around the 1st & 15th of the month)

A Self-Consolidating Concrete Testing Technician is an individual who has demonstrated the knowledge of and ability to properly perform five standard test methods and practices on self-consolidating concrete.

Please contact CRMCA Program Manager, JT Mesite or 720-272-6592, with questions regarding scheduling this certification.

A Specialty Commercial/Industrial Concrete Flatwork Finisher & Technician is a person who has demonstrated a basic knowledge of finishing procedures for Specialty Commercial/Industrial Concrete Flatwork Finishing, including high tolerance floor construction, application of surface treatments, and silica fume concrete, and who has demonstrated skill in operating mechanized finishing equipment. A Technician lacks sufficient work experience and verified skills needed to qualify as a Specialty Commercial/Industrial Concrete Flatwork Finisher & Technician.

A Decorative Concrete Flatwork Finisher is a craftsman who has demonstrated knowledge about and the ability to place, finish, cure, and protect decorative concrete flatwork. An Associate lacks sufficient work experience to qualify as a Decorative Concrete Flatwork Finisher. Please see the Work Experience Form to complete and submit your experience requirements.

Please contact CRMCA Program Manager, JT Mesite, with questions regarding scheduling this certification. The availability of this certification is dependent on demand.

A Concrete Construction Special Inspector is a person qualified to inspect and record the results of concrete construction inspection based on codes and job specifications. The program covers inspection during preplacement, placement, and post-placement operations.

“Full” includes registration, the ACI CP-21 reference package, a 4-day training/refresher course prior to exam day, and certification if a passing grade is obtained. “Written Only” and “Plans Only” include only the administration of the appropriate portion of the exam. Please see the Work Experience Form to complete and submit your experience requirements.

• May 20-24, 2024 – Centennial, CO

A Concrete Transportation Construction Inspector is a person who has demonstrated proficiency in concrete inspection methods for transportation projects, including preplacement, placement, and post-placement operations. A Concrete Transportation Construction Inspector-in-Training is a person who has demonstrated knowledge in concrete inspection methods for transportation projects, but does not have the experience required to qualify as an ACI Concrete Transportation Construction Inspector.

“Full” includes registration, the ACI CP-31 reference package, a 3-day training/refresher course prior to exam day, and certification if a passing grade is obtained. “Written Only” and “Plans Only” include only the administration of the appropriate portion of the exam. Please see the Work Experience Form to complete and submit your experience requirements.

• May 20-24, 2024 – Centennial, CO

A Construction Inspector Certification is required for any person who inspects concrete pavement on CDOT projects.  For CDOT concrete paving projects, either the ACI Concrete Transportation Construction Inspector or this course will be accepted.

• Visit ACPA CO/WY for details on this certification

If you previously took a certification exam but did not pass either one or both portions, you are able to register to retake the exam.

To register for a retest, follow the same registration process that you would to register the first time:

1. Select the exam above.
2. If there is an active registration link for that exam (i.e., there are upcoming sessions available for registration), click the Registration link.
3. Complete your registration by choosing an open date and selecting either Full Exam (to retake both portions) or Written or Performance Retest (to retake only one portion).

A few things to note:

• Registration for an exam through the CRMCA only covers one attempt. If you need to retake an exam, whether in full or in part, you do have to register for the exam and there is a cost associated.
• Individuals must pass both the written and the performance exams, as appropriate, within one year of each other to be considered for certification.
• CRMCA does not score exams or maintain results. If you are unsure of which portion of an exam you need to retake, please contact ACI at aci.certification@concrete.org or (248) 848-3790 to verify your results.

For special scheduling requests, please contact us at aci@coloradocaa.org. All requests must be received in writing.