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In laymen’s terms, WHO will need to be qualified in…Aggregates?

*  For official requirements see the Construction Training Qualification Manual.

ALL ACCEPTANCE TECHNICIANS

Qualified Sampler: 

This is the technician directing the front-end loader operator, plant or mine employee who obtains an acceptance sample for testing.  If the front-end loader operator does the sampling soley, that operator must be a qualified sampler.

Aggregate Field Testing:

This is the technician, plant or mine employee who is qualified to obtain acceptance samples and perform acceptance tests such as gradation, minus 200 and organic impurities.  Should State-to-State reciprocity of acceptance testing be of value, the ACI Aggregate Field Technician program goes on to cover dry preparation of soils, total moisture content, LL, PL and PI.

Department employees working with mine sources should obtain the ACI Aggregate Field.

LBR Technician:

This is the technician, private lab or contractor employee who is qualified to perform acceptance tests such as moisture-density relations of soils, Limerock Bearing Ratio and Lab moisture content of granular soils by microwave oven.

Department employees developing moisture-density relations or performing the LBR test should obtain this qualification.

ALL ACCEPTANCE TECHNICIANS

Laboratory Testing

This is the technician, private lab or contractor employee who is qualified to perform acceptance tests such as Specific Gravity and Absorption of Coarse / Fine Aggregates, Unit Weights and Voids in the Aggregate, sulphate soundness, fine aggregate agnularity, fractured faces, flat and elongated particles and L.A. Abrasion tests.

Department employees performing these tests should obtain this qualification.

Aggregate Chemical Analyst

This is a limited audience qualification.  See the Construction Training and Qualification Manual for additional details.

In laymen’s terms, WHO will need to be qualified in…Asphalt?

*  For official requirements see the Construction Training Qualification Manual.

ALL ACCEPTANCE TECHNICIANS ON SUPERPAVE PROJECTS

Note: Existing DOT or CTQP qualifications will be acceptable on projects with type-S asphalt specifications. 

Roadway Level I

This is the technician, private lab or contractor employee who is qualified to perform acceptance tests such as Surface Tolerance (Rolling Straightedge and Cross Slope), Random Sampling, Core Sampling and Testing, and Density calculation.

Entry-level Department employees performing these tests should obtain this qualification.

Plant Level I

This is the technician, private lab or contractor employee who is qualified to sample hot mix, aggregate or asphalt cement and perform acceptance tests such as Bulk Specific Gravity, Max Specific Gravity, Gyratory Compaction, AC Content by Ignition Oven or non-Chlorinated Solvent Method, Gradation and Permeability

Department employees performing acceptance tests at the plant should obtain this qualification.

Roadway Level II

This is the more experienced roadway technician, private consultant or contractor employee who is knowledgeable of the specification requirements, paver and roller operations, balancing of the paving operation, uniformity of the mat and components of hot mix asphalt placement.  Additionally this individual is able to identify trends, norms, problem areas, other best management practices and adjust paving operations as necessary.

Department employees performing lead inspector duties at the roadway should obtain this qualification.

Plant Level II

This is the more experienced plant technician, private consultant or contractor employee who is knowledgeable of the specification requirements, stockpiling, cold feeds, blending and adjustments, interpreting quality control charts, plant calibration/inspection/operation, temperature control and load out.  Additionally, this individual is able to identify trends, norms, problem areas and other best construction management practices related to uniform mix and intricacies of hot mix asphalt production.

Department employees performing duties at the asphalt plant should obtain this qualification.

Asphalt Mix Designer

This is the experienced bituminous specialist who is qualified to design hot mix asphalt blends.  They have the knowledge of aggregates, bituminous materials, volumetric calculations, GTR mixes, RAP mixes and Florida’s Superpave specification.

Department employees performing Resident Asphalt Engineer or Dist. Bituminous Engineer duties should obtain this qualification.

Asphalt Quality Control Manager

This is the individual responsible for quality for contractor who is identified in the Quality Control Plan to perform analysis and control of the quality of the product, can determine the coordination of production/paving operations, quality pay factors and understands the intent of statistically based quality control specifications (consistency, variability, data interpretation and random sampling).

Department employees targeted for this qualification are District Bituminous Engineers.

In laymen’s terms, WHO will need to be qualified in…Concrete?

*  For official requirements see the Construction Training Qualification Manual.

ALL ACCEPTANCE TECHNICIANS

NOTE:   ACI Concrete Certifications are a critical part of maintaining your FDOT qualifications.

Concrete Field Inspector - Level I:

This is the technician, private lab or contractor employee who is qualified to perform acceptance tests such as slump, temperature, air content and making/curing concrete cylinders. They also have specific knowledge of FDOT’s 346 Specification.

Department employees performing these tests/tasks should obtain this qualification.

Concrete Transportation Construction Inspector (CTCI) - Level II:

This is the technician, private lab or contractor employee who is responsible for the quality of the concrete being placed on a major bridge. They also have specific knowledge of FDOT’s 400 Specification.

The target audience for the Department is the lead inspector on major bridge projects.

Concrete Laboratory Technician - Level I:

This is the concrete strength technician, private lab or contractor employee who is qualified to break cylinders and record concrete strength.

Department employees performing these tests should obtain this qualification.

Concrete Laboratory Technician - Level II:

This is the mix designer for concrete mix submittals.  See the Construction Training and Qualification Manual for additional details.

Concrete Batch Plant Operator:

This is the contractor employee who is identified in the Quality Control Plan as the individual who matches the concrete mix.

Some Department employees may be interested for professional knowledge but this qualification is not required for FDOT personnel.

In laymen’s terms, WHO will need to be qualified in…Earthwork?

*  For official requirements see the Construction Training Qualification Manual.

ALL ACCEPTANCE TECHNICIANS

NOTE:   All trainees who were qualified through the Department’s Density Earthwork Inspection Training (DEIT) program are automatically qualified as ECI Level I and Level II.

Earthwork Construction Inspection - Level I:

This is the technician, private lab or contractor employee who is qualified to perform acceptance tests such as Nuclear Density Tests, Speedy Moisture, sampling soils and reporting results in the Density Log Book.

Entry-level Department employees performing these tests should obtain this qualification.

Earthwork Construction Inspection - Level II: 

This is the technician, private lab or contractor employee who is qualified to perform acceptance tests as a Level I and knowledge of Density Theory, preperation, coompletion and Certification of the Density Log Books, Florida Specifications and Design Standards.

For the Department, the position targeted is the earthwork inspector for the project.