CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS QUALIFICATIONS

Tests and Procedures the Certified Technician is qualified to perform for each level of certification.

LEVEL I AGGREGATE

· IM 204 - Inspection of Construction Project Sampling & Testing (when material is incorporated)

· IM 209, App. C - Aggregate Specification Limits & Sampling & Testing Guide (when material is produced)

· IM 301 - Aggregate Sampling Methods

· IM 336 – Methods of Reducing Aggregate Field Samples to Test Samples

LEVEL II AGGREGATE

· IM 210 – Production of Certified Aggregate From Reclaimed Roadways

· IM 216 - Guidelines for Verifying Certified Testing Results

· IM 302 - Sieve Analysis of Aggregates

· IM 306 - Determining the Amount of Material Finer Than #200 (75µm) Sieve in Aggregate

· IM 307 - Determining Specific Gravity of Aggregate

· IM 308 - Determining Free Moisture & Absorption of Aggregate

· IM 336 - Methods of Reducing Aggregate Field Samples to Test Samples

· IM 344 - Determining the Amount of Shale in Fine Aggregate

· IM 345 - Determining the Amount of Shale in Coarse Aggregate

· IM 368 – Determining the Amount of Clay Lumps & Friable Particles in Coarse Aggregate

· IM 409 – Source Approvals for Aggregate

LEVEL I PCC

· IM 204 - Inspection of Construction Project Sampling & Testing

· IM 208 - Materials Laboratory Qualification Program

· IM 216 - Guidelines for Verifying Certified Testing Results

· IM 315 - Method of Protecting, Curing, Making & Testing Concrete Cylinders

· IM 316 - Flexural Strength of Concrete

· IM 317 - Slump of Hydraulic Cement Concrete

· IM 318 - Air Content of Freshly-Mixed Concrete by Pressure

· IM 327 - Sampling Freshly-Mixed Concrete

· IM 328 - Making, Protecting, and Curing Concrete Flexural Specimens

· IM 340 - Weight Per Cubic Foot, Yield, & Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete

· IM 347 – Measuring Length of Drilled Concrete Cores

· IM 383 - Testing the Strength of PCC Using the Maturity Method

· IM 385 - Temperature of Freshly-Mixed Concrete

· IM 525 - Designing Flowable Mortar

· Iowa 410-B - Method of Test for Flow of Grout Mixtures

· AASHTO T97 - Third Point Loading

LEVEL II PCC

· IM 527 - Paving Plant Inspection

· IM 528 - Structural Concrete Plant Inspection

· IM 529 - PC Concrete Proportions

LEVEL III PCC

· IM 530 - Quality Management & Acceptance of PC Concrete Pavement

· IM 531 - Test Method for Combining Aggregate Gradations

· IM 532 - Aggregate Proportioning Guide for Portland Cement Concrete Pavement

HMA SAMPLER

· IM 320 – Method of Sampling Compacted Asphalt Mixtures

· IM 321 – Method of Test for Compacted Density of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) (Displacement Method)

· IM 322 - Method of Sampling Uncompacted Hot Mix Asphalt

· IM 323 - Method of Sampling Asphaltic Materials

LEVEL I HMA

· IM 204 - Inspection of Construction Project Sampling & Testing

· IM 208 - Materials Laboratory Qualification Program

· IM 216 - Guidelines for Verifying Certified Testing Results

· IM 320 - Method of Sampling Compacted Asphalt Mixtures

· IM 321 - Method of Test for Compacted Density of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) (Displacement)

· IM 322 - Method of Sampling Uncompacted Hot Mix Asphalt

· IM 323 - Method of Sampling Asphaltic Materials

· IM 325G - Method of Test for Determining the Density of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Using the Superpave Gyratory Compactor (SGC)

· IM 337 - Determining Thickness of Completed Courses of Base, Subbase, & Hot Mix Asphalt

· IM 350 - Maximum Specific Gravity of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Mixtures

· IM 357 - Preparation of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Mix Samples for Test Specimens

· IM 501 - Asphaltic Terminology, Equations & Example Calculations

· IM 508 - Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Plant Inspection

· IM 509 - Tank Measurement & Asphalt Cement Content Determination

· IM 511 - Control of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Mixtures

LEVEL II HMA

· IM 380 - Vacuum-Saturated Specific Gravity & Absorption of Combined or Individual Aggregate Sources

· IM 510 - Method of Design of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Mixes

· AASHTO T176 - Plastic Fines in Graded Aggregate & Soils by use of Sand Equivalent Test

· AASHTO T304 - Uncompacted Void Content of Fine Aggregate

· ASTM D 4791 - Flat Particles, Elongated Particles, or Flat & Elongated Particles in Coarse Aggregate

· AASHTO T283 Resistance of Compacted Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) to Moisture-Induced Damage

PROFILOGRAPH

· IM 341 - Determining Pavement & Bridge Ride Quality

PRESTRESS

· IM 570 - Precast & Prestressed Concrete Bridge Units

SOILS

· IM 309 – Determining Standard Proctor Moisture Density Relationship of Soils

· IM 312 – Sampling of Soils for Construction Project

· IM 335 – Determining Moisture Content of Soils

· ASTM D-2937 – Field density by drive-cylinder method