Concrete Coating Inspector Program (CCI)
Level: Advanced 6 Days / 40 Hours classroom training plus 1 Day Certification Exam
Class Times: Monday–Saturday, 8:00-5:00
Certification Level: Course, Course Exam, Intensive Training
and Certification Exam (6 days) - Credits: 4.5 CEU's
SSPC Member $1,445 / Non-Member $1,645
Technician Level: Tech Level Course and Course Exam (4 days) - Credits: 3.2 CEU's SSPC Member $895 / Non-Member $1,095
Course Exam Only (1 day): (Includes exam and student manual)
SSPC Member $100 / Non-Member $150
Certification Intensive Training & Exam Only (2 days)-Credits:1.5 CEU's
SSPC Member $550 / Non-Member $750
Course Description
The certification portion of this program will certify concrete coating inspectors in correctly observing, assessing, documenting, and reporting all relevant job data as determined by the specification and referenced documents. Students completing the
technician-level training (first four days only) would be qualified to work under the
guidance of a certified concrete coating inspector.
Course Content
– Components of Concrete and Their Functions
– Concrete Deterioration
– Coatings on Concrete
– Why Coat Concrete
– Instruments
– Surface Evaluation
– Coating Failures
– Practical Math
– Specifications
– Repairs to Joints and Cracks
– Surface Preparation
– Application Methods
– Illumination
– Inspection Documentation
Additional Content for Intensive Certification Training Day
– Coating Condition Assessment
– Shotcrete and Polymer Concrete
– Laboratory Testing
– Work Plan
– Additional Instruments Practice
Benefits of Attending
After attending this course, you will be able to:
- Determine incompleteness and/or
technical errors in a specification and
bring these issues to the attention of the
specification writer or your supervisor
for resolution.
- Use concrete coating inspection
equipment according to the
manufacturer’s guidelines.
- Identify specified concrete surface
preparation methods.
- Systemize record keeping procedures
pertaining to the job specification.
- Describe the inspector’s team
responsibilities and authority with
respect to the contractor’s operations.
- Devise and implement job-specific pre
job conferences and work plans.
Observe, assess, and document
concrete repairs as determined by
the specification.
- Recognize the environmental conditions
pertaining to surface preparation,
concrete repairs, coating application,
and coating cure as determined by
the specification.
Course Format
Each participant will receive a
comprehensive manual with copies of
relevant SSPC standards. The course includes both written homework and
assigned readings from the manual.
The first four days of the program are
devoted to classroom lecture about planning,
substrate repair prior to surface preparation,
surface preparation itself, coating surveys,
specifications, and documentation requirements
with ample time allotted to hands-on
exercises and instrument practice. Lectures
are supplemented by quizzes, group exercises,
and case studies.
At the end of day four, the concrete coating
technician exam is given. Students have 2
hours to complete the 100-question multiple choice
test. Students passing the concrete
course exam tech level at 70% or higher may
attend the intensive certification training on
day 5 and take the written and hands-on
certification exams on day 6. The certification
examination includes a 125-question written
exam and a hands-on test in the practical use
of instruments at 10 workstations. Time
allotted for the written exam is 2 hours, 15
minutes and for the practical exam 2-1/2
hours. A passing grade of 70% or higher on
the written and hands-on certification exam is
required to become an SSPC Concrete
Coating Inspector.
To become a SSPC Concrete Coating
Inspector and receive your CEU's you must
attend all 48 hours of the course and attain a score of 70%
on the written and hands-on certification
exam.
-If you fail the written course exam, or written certification exam or certification practical exam, SSPC will allow you one exam or exam component retake within one year from when you first sat for the initial exam(s). You must first formally apply to SSPC and obtain written permission to retake any exam.
-If you fail to pass the exam or component the second time (69% or lower), and still want to retake the exam a third time, you must wait at least six months and then retake the CCI core training course (4 days) and pass the course exam. You must formally reapply and must also complete the two day certification refresher training before being allowed to sit for the certification exam.
-Anyone who is unable to pass the written course exam, the written certification exam or the certification practical exam a third time will be considered ineligible to participate in the Concrete Coating Inspector Training and Certification program for a minimum of two years from the date of the last failed exam and will be required to take the C11 Course again to reenter the process.
**SSPC recommends that candidates take the
classroom portion of this course before the course
exam and certification exam.
Who Should Attend
Inspectors, applicators, contractor managers,
specifying engineers, consultants, technical
reps. and material and equipment suppliers
involved in the concrete coating industry.
Want to verify the Certification status of an individual? If you are
an SSPC Member Click
here and then login to your SSPC MarketPlace
account and search the SSPC Member Directories to verify
the Concrete Coating Inspector Certification status of
an individual.
Non-Members of SSPC are
invited to contact Charlene Venson at SSPC to assist
in the verification of an individual's certification
status. Listed in the SSPC Members Only Online Directory
is complete contact information (if provided to SSPC)
including name, company, address, phone, fax and email.
Updates for inspectors contact information should be
sent to
SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings at 40 24th St.,
Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or sent via email to Charlene Venson
The program also employs a Disciplinary Action Criteria (DAC) and administrative procedures establishing rules for:
* issuing warnings to inspectors;
* placing inspectors on probation;
* suspending, revoking, or denying certification of inspectors who are cited for critical faults in safety, workmanship, ethical practice, and criminal law, that have been reported and verified.
Students wishing to sit for the certification exam must attend the entire five-day program. Students failing the technician exam may take the program again to qualify for the certification exam after a 6-month waiting period. |
