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Validate your expertise, enhance industry value. Certification for builders sets standards, improves practices to benefit construction projects. Eligibility criteria, exam details, fees, and test sites provided.
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REASONS FOR CERTIFICATION • IT VALIDATES YOUR KNOWLEDGE • HELPS TO IMPROVE YOUR INDUSTRY • IT CREATES VALUE IN YOUR BUSINESS
MISSION STATEMENT • MISSION STATEMENT • The purposes of certification for tennis court and track builders are: • • Assisting the general public in evaluating the experience and expertise of builders; • • Recognizing professional tennis court or track builders who have met a designated level of experience and demonstrated a standard of knowledge; • Providing a means of identifying professionals who have met a standard of achievement. • • Raising professional standards and improving the practice of tennis court or track construction.
CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY • PROJECT ADMINISTRATION • SITE SUB-BASE AND BASE WORK • TRACK LAYOUT • TRACK SURFACING AND MARKING • TRACK RENOVATION • 100 POINTS REQUIRED • MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM IN EACH CATEGORY • 50% OF EXPERIENCE IN LAST 3 YEARS
REFERENCES • 3 INDUSTRY REFERENCES REQUIRED WHO CAN VOUCH FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE
$ • $600 FOR CERTIFICATION (ASBA MEMBERS) $1,1OO FOR NON MEMBERS • $375 FOR RECERTIFICATION (ASBA MEMBERS) $625 FOR NON MEMBERS
TEST SITES • TECHNICAL MEETING • WINTER MEETING • BY APPOINTMENT AT ASBA HEADQUARTERS • SPECIAL TIMES AT RELATED ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
EXAM • 100 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (4 OPTIONS PER QUESTION) • 4 HOUR TIME LIMIT • OPEN BOOK • THE BIGGEST HURDLE IS THE TIME LIMIT, MOST WHO DON’T PASS DIDN’T FINISH THE TEST • 70% REQUIRED TO PASS
QUESTIONS • 4 TYPES OF QUESTIONS: • RECALL • APPLICATION • ANALYSIS
MATH • KNOW YOUR MATH THERE IS VERY LITTLE TIME TO ANALYZE HOW TO ATTACK A PROBLEM OR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EQUATION TO USE.
GOVERNING BODIES • BE FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF TRACK AND FIELD AND KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM QUICKLY IN THE BOOK
CONVERSIONS • BE FAMILIAR WITH METRIC CONVERSIONS. MAKE A POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE CONVERTING ALL PARTS OF A PROBLEM TO THE LABEL THAT THE QUESTION ASKS FOR.
QUANTITIES • BE FAMILIAR WITH CALCULATIONS FOR FIGURING QUANTITIES OF CUT/FILL, DIRT, BASE STONE, ASPHALT, CONCRETE AND SURFACING MATERIALS
STRIPING • TALK TO YOUR STRIPER • WATCH THEM LAYOUT A TRACK • GO TO A TRACK MEET AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE EVENTS AND HOW THE MARKINGS ARE USED