Once you've taken the written exam, and are ready to schedule your practical exam, make your payment in the CCPO® online portal. Once your payment is made, you will receive your 12-week Provisional Certificate and will be contacted by a BCCSA CCPO® assessor to schedule your practical exam. The practical exam location will be a work site that is agreed upon between the operator and/or the dispatcher, and the assessor.
Candidates have twelve (12) months after they pass their Written Exam to take the Practical Exam. Candidates who do not take and pass both exams within the 12-month timeframe will be required to start the certification process again from the beginning.
Please note: The BCCSA strives to complete all practical exams within the 12-week provisional certificate timeframe. By making the payment in the CCPO® portal, you are confirming you are ready to complete your CCPO Practical exam. If you are not ready to complete your exam, do not make your payment in the CCPO® portal until you are both ready and have work available.
The CCPO® practical exam assesses the pump operator during real-life pumping operations on a live job site.
Concrete work can be difficult to predict. Sometimes concrete is either delayed or cancelled to the job site where assessment is scheduled to take place. For this reason, assessments are scheduled to take place over a full day to allow for maximum flexibility and the candidate being assigned to an assessable job.
Assessable Jobs
Assessable jobs are those where the operator is to perform the full range of competencies expected of a practically competent pump operator. These are described in Candidate Info & Instructions. A non–assessable job for example would be one where the candidate manoeuvres the pump boom to a basement door and the placing crew use a hose to place the concrete from the boom tip – in this case the boom will not be moved sufficiently enough by the candidate for the operator to make a determination of competence.
The Test Coordinator will work closely with the Assessor and the company dispatcher / candidate to identify assessable jobs and to adapt to other assessment circumstances in the event of concrete cancellation or delay to the worksite.
Candidates must report to the test site at the scheduled time with their admission letter, valid for the specific test date, and bring governmental issued photo identification along with them. Acceptable forms of photo ID are:
Government issued driver’s license
Passport
Work identification if required
If the Assessor is required to undergo a site safety orientation to work on the site this must be made known to the Test Coordinator well in advance of the practical exam date. Where possible the Assessor will have completed the orientation before the candidate’s truck is brought to site.
Note: Candidates without appropriate identification documents will NOT be allowed to take the certification examinations.
Material to bring to the test sites
Each candidate must bring the following items to the test site:
Government issued photo ID
Personal protective equipment to wear during the test, including at a minimum: hard hat, work boots and suitable work clothing. All site PPE requirements must be met or the Practical Examination will not proceed.
Other test site requirements
The assessment truck must have a current commercial vehicle inspection.
CCPO® Candidate Handbook
The CCPO® Candidate Handbook is a PDF guide outlining the certification program and our program policies and procedures. The Candidate Handbook is not a study guide or intended as training material. As a certification authority, to maintain impartiality in our certification activities, we do not provide any training for concrete pump operators.
Please note, the CCPO® Candidate Handbook is currently unavailable. For program related assistance, please contact the CCPO® Coordinator directly at (604) 636-0327 / ccpo@bccsa.ca, or visit our Certification Policies page. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience as necessary revisions to the handbook are completed.
The full fee applies if the candidate is a no-show to the exam.
NOTE: The Practical Examination normally requires that an Assessor to be present for the full day of pumping. In an instance where for unforeseen circumstances, one or two components of the examination were not completed, the Candidate may be able to book a part-day of assessment. This part-day of assessment will be at the discretion of the Test Coordinator and the Assessor. In such a case the part-day assessment fee would be $650.
Council of Construction Associations
The Council of Construction Associations (COCA) represents all major construction associations in British Columbia and acts on behalf of the construction industry in all WorkSafeBC matters.
