Performance Checklist

All technicians must certify for these tests:

Sampling and Density Tests

AASHTO R90	Sampling Aggregate Products	Exempt if qualified in Aggregate Module, taken within one year (doesn't apply for written exam)
AASHTO R67	Sampling Asphalt Mixtures After Compaction (Obtaining Cores)
AASHTO R76	Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size	Exempt if qualified in Asphalt Module, taken within one year (doesn't apply for written exam)
AASHTO R97	Sampling Asphalt Mixtures
AASHTO R47	Reducing Samples of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) to Testing Size	Exempt if qualified in Asphalt Module, taken within one year (doesn't apply for written exam)
AASHTO T310	In-Place Density and Moisture Content of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)	Gauges without a source will be used during the performance testing
Nev. T335H	Method of Test For Relative Compaction of Plantmix Bituminous Base and Surface Using A Nuclear Density Gauge	Gauges without a source will be used during the performance testing

Combined ACI Aggregate Base Testing Technician Level 1 certifications will satisfy the requirements for these tests. Must be obtained within one year prior to the performance testing date.

Note: Starting January 2011 the combination of ACI Aggregate Base Testing Technician, ACI Aggregate Testing Technician Level 1 and ACI Aggregate Testing Technician Level 2 will be accepted in Lieu of NAQTC testing for the NAQTC Aggregate Module for the condition that all ACI certifications are obtained within one year prior to the NAQTC performance testing.

All technicians must certify for these tests:

Aggregate Module Tests

AASHTO R90	Sampling Aggregate Products	Exempt if qualified in Sampling and Density Module, taken within one year (doesn't apply for written exam)
AASHTO T11	Materials Finer Than 75-:m (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing	Exempt if qualified in Asphalt or Asphalt Extended Module, taken within one year (doesn't apply for written exam)
AASHTO T27	Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates	Exempt if qualified in Asphalt or Asphalt Extended Module, taken within one year (doesn't apply for written exam)
AASHTO R58	Dry Preparation of Disturbed Soil and Soil Aggregate Samples for Test	Exempt if qualified in Asphalt Module, taken within one year (doesn't apply for written exam)
AASHTO T89 (use samples from R58)	Determining the Liquid Limit of Soils
AASHTO T90 (use samples from R58)	Determining the Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index of Soils
AASHTO T255	Total Moisture Content of Aggregate by Drying
AASHTO T84	Specific Gravity and Absorption of Fine Aggregate
AASHTO T85	Specific Gravity and Absorption of Coars Aggregate
AASHTO T180 or Nev. T108D	AASHTO T180:  Moisture–Density Relations of Soils Using a 4.54-kg [10-lb] Rammer and 457-mm [18-in] Drop Nev. T108B:  Method of Test For The Determination of Maximum Density and Optimum Moisture Content of Soils Using The Modified Proctor Device

All technicians must certify for these tests:

AASHTO T176 (Shaking of sample by hand is not allowed)	Plastic Fines in Graded Aggregates and Soils by Use of the Sand Equivalent Test
AASHTO D5821	Determining the Percentage of Fractured faces in Coarse Aggregate
CTM 227	Evaluating Cleanness of Coarse Aggregate

All technicians must certify for these tests, except, a technician can choose either T166 or T275:

Asphalt Tests

AASHTO T30	Mechanical Analysis of Extracted Aggregate	Exempt if qualified in Aggregate Module, taken within one year (doesn't apply for written exam)
AASHTO T166 Or AASHTO T275	AASHTO T166:  Bulk Specific Gravity of Compacted Bituminous Mixtures Using Saturated Surface-Dry Specimens Or AASHTO T275:  Bulk Specific Gravity of Compacted Bituminous Mixtures Using Paraffin-Coated Specimens
AASHTO R47	Reducing Samples of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) to Testing Size	Exempt if qualified in Sampling and Density Module, taken within one year (doesn't apply for written exam)
AASHTO T209	Theoretical Maximum Specific Gravity and density of Bituminous Paving Mixtures
AASHTO T269	Percent Air Voids in Compacted Dense and Open Bituminous Paving Mixtures
AASHTO T308 (Method A only)	Determining the Asphalt Binder Content of HMA by the Ignition Method
AASHTO R68	Preparation of Asphalt Mixtures by Means of the Marshall Apparatus
AASHTO T245	Resistance to Plastic Flow of Bituminous Mixtures Using Marshall Apparatus

Asphalt Extended

AASHTO T164 (Ashing Method only)

Quantitative Extraction of Bitumen from Bituminous Paving Mixtures

A technician can be certified in any of these tests through special arrangements with NAQTC:

Specialized Tests

AASHTO R66 (sampling from place of manufacture; sampling at point of shipment delivery)	Sampling Asphalt Materials
AASHTO T104 (sodium sulfate only)	Soundness of Aggregate by Use of Sodium Sulfate or Magnesium Sulfate
AASHTO T190 (exudation method only)	Resistance R-Value and Expansion Pressure of Compacted Soils
AASHTO T246	Resistance to Deformation and Cohesion of Bituminous Mixtures by Means of Hveem Apparatus
AASHTO T283	Resistance of Compacted Bituminous Mixture to Moisture Induced Damage
ASTM C837	Standard Test Method for Methylene Blue Index of Clay

AQTC requires the American Concrete Institute (ACI) certification in the "Field Testing Technician, Grade I."