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Beginning
January 2009, you'll be able to take your CWEA
certification test on a computer (our last
paper-and-pencil test was July 2008). Computer-based
testing (CBT) will allow you to take your test any
day you choose, including evenings and Saturdays.
CWEA tests will be given at Pearson VUE test centers
that provide a carefully controlled
and comfortable testing environment allowing you to take the test under peak performance
conditions. After passing the exam and becoming
certified, you will be able to start working
faster, and employers will be able to hire
qualified wastewater professionals much sooner.
In
the past six years, the test volume administered
annually by CWEA has grown from about 900 to more
than 1,800. As more of the workforce retires and
demand for newly certified personnel increases,
more pressure will be placed on the industry to
develop a qualified pool of certified
professionals and to get them on the job as
quickly as possible. Computerized testing programs
meet those needs better than traditional
paper-and-pencil programs. CBT will allow us to
improve graphics, add photos and even video, to
make test content more realistic and familiar to
test takers. All of this will result in greater
reliability of the tests to screen for competency,
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Key
Benefits of Computer-Based Testing:
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Take
the test on your schedule—Flexible test
scheduling throughout the year, 6 days a week,
evenings.
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Take
it close to home or work—Increased number of
test sites in
California
and the rest of the
U.S.
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Get
instant test results.
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Receive
official certification confirmation soon after passing the test.
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CBT Demo |
Try
Out CBT Yourself
A
demonstration of a sample computerized certification
test was first
demonstrated at the CWEA Annual Conference in
April 2008. More demos are scheduled for upcoming
CWEA events including:
You can also try
the demo yourself, either by clicking on the Flash demo on the left, or if you would prefer, by downloading and installing
a demo directly to your PC.* In that case, simply click on the "Download
the Demo" link to the left, select save,
and save the file to your computer*.
*For computers
running Windows only
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Computerized
test demos at the CWEA Annual Conference April
2008
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| Expanded
Test Sites
List
of Test sites
Test
Site Video Tour
(2 minute QuickTime Video)
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A
big advantage of CBT is expanded test sites. In
California alone there will be over 130 test sites.
Although CBT has expanded the total number of sites, we
are working on adding sites in
some of the more remote areas of the state such as the North
Coast area and the southern Colorado River
Basin.
Number of Test
Sites in Each State Offering CWEA Certification:
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California
134
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Michigan
45
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Hawaii
20
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Missouri
37
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