Assessment Testing

Assessment Testing for Greater Michigan Construction Academy

GMCA is an Accredited Assessment Center through NCCER for providing craft, and pipeline assessment testing in written and performance based evaluation as well as mobile crane certification. 

Assessment testing can be used to evaluate journey-level knowledge and skills of experienced craft professionals, pre–and-post-employment purposes, and to provide a training prescription for a craft worker. 

Available Craft Assessments
Assessments marked with an asterisk (*) are also available in Spanish.

  • Commercial Carpenter
  • Commercial Electrician
  • Heavy Equipment Operator
  • Masonry*

PIPELINE TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (PTAP): OPERATOR QUALIFICATION FOR LIQUID & GAS PIPELINES

NCCER has developed the PTAP in cooperation with API. PTAP consists of pipeline curriculum and pipeline skill assessments to qualify pipeline personnel under the Department of Transportation’s regulation for Pipeline Operator Qualification. The pipeline assessments are tied directly to NCCER’s standardized pipeline curriculum and will determine qualification on selected covered tasks as identified by API and the industry.

Mobile Crane Operator Certification

NCCER’s Mobile Crane Operator Certification Program consists of assessments and practical examinations that meet or exceed current ASME B30.5 consensus safety standards and OSHA 29 CFR  1926.1400. 

Mobile Crane Endorsed Accredited Assessment Centers are able to deliver the certification program (assessments and practical examinations) to their employees/membership using their own equipment as personnel are available and time permits.

Currently Greater Michigan Construction Academy is the only NCCER endorsed Crane Accredited Assessment Center in the state of Michigan.

Skilled Trades training has benefited me by opening up opportunities at different companies that wouldn’t even take a second look if I hadn’t had a formal, post-secondary education. It gives me a leg up on anyone who just has a high school diploma.
Adam Emery, Pipefitter & Millwright, GMCA Alumni

Primary Communities Served

Auburn
Bay City
Carrollton
Chesaning
Coleman

Edenville
Essexville
Frankenmuth
Freeland

Hemlock
Kawkawlin
Lansing
Linwood

Merrill
Midland
Millington
Oil City

Richville
Saginaw
Saginaw Twp.
Shields

St. Charles
University Center
Vassar
Zilwaukee