Overview:
Day 1:
- Duties of Inspector
- Quality Assurance
- Contracts & Drawings
- Fundamentals of Concrete
- Durability & Performance
- Materials used in concrete
- Concrete Mix Design
- Ready Mix Concrete
- Batching & Mixing
Day 2:
- Rebar
- Preplacement Inspection
- Placing
- Pumping
- Testing Concrete
- Consolidation
- Joints
- Hot Weather Concreting
- Cold Weather Concreting
- Formwork
- Nondestructive Testing
- Defects in Concrete
- Standard Tolerances
- Special Concretes
- Records and Reports
- Finishing
- Curing & Protection
Day 3:
- Four Hour Open Book Written Exam
Certification Requirements:
- Hold an ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician Certification
- Pass the written inspector & the plans reading exams
- Possess a B.S. degree in an engineering program &1 year of work experience or possess a high school diploma or equivalent & a minimum of 3 years of work experience or have 5 years of work experience