Northeast Center of Excellence for Pavement Technology
201 Transportation Research Building
University Park, PA 16802
Technician Certification Program

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Asphalt Plant Tech Review & Certification

This Plant Level 1 Review & Certification Course is designed for technicians directly involved with asphalt pavement mixture design, asphalt mixture production, process quality control and/or quality assurance testing. This is a review, not a training course. A working knowledge of basic principles and procedures for hot-mix or warm-mix asphalt pavement mixture design and production is necessary. This course was developed by NECEPT in cooperation with PENNDOT and private industry.

All courses will be held online (through PSU’s Canvas system) and include three (3) non-consecutive days. Day 1 and Day 2 are lectures held online using ZoomTM. Day 3 is an online certification examination that also requires monitoring through Zoom to receive credit for your score. No mobile devices such as iPads or cell phones since they cannot connect to the exam.

REQUIRED: A Penn State User ID (with several letters and numbers) MUST be included ON THIS APPLICATION in the next steps. THE PENN STATE USER ID IS NOT YOUR NECEPT ID#.


1. Please visit https://accounts.psu.edu, select CREATE MY ACCOUNT and enter the required information IF you do not already have a Penn State Account. The process is simple and you should quickly receive an email confirming your Penn State User ID. Keep this information. It will be required to log into Canvas for your online course and exam.

2. NECEPT needs your Penn State User ID (with several letters and numbers) at least 3 weeks prior to the course to provide you access to Canvas for your course manual, materials, and the online exam. You can also log in your MY NECEPT account to add this information to your profile.

You will need a copy of the Level 1 Asphalt Plant Technician Review & Certification Program Handout Manual during the course and for the open book examination. The manual includes materials from the National Highway Institute Course Participant Manual, the Hot-Mix Asphalt Paving Handbook, and pertinent Pennsylvania Test Methods and PENNDOT Publication 408 Specifications. The Level 1 Asphalt Plant Technician Program Handout Manual, Course Videos, Practice and Example Problems; and a Practice Quiz will be available in Canvas prior to the course for online courses. For those accepted for online courses, a printed copy of the manual is available to applicants who have been Accepted by an authorized PennDOT/PTC Representative if requested by phone NLT 3 weeks prior to the course.

If Quantity is blank and cannot be selected, the course is full and no further registrations are accepted.

Only one course number can be selected in each order. Multiple people can be registered for the same course.

Quantity MUST equal the number of people registering in this order.

  Quantity Course Description Cost