National Certification

All ATS Schools are accredited by the National Center for Construction Education Research (NCCER) in Gainesville, Florida. It was created to help address the critical workforce shortage facing the construction industry and to develop industry-driven standardized craft training programs with portable credentials. NCCER's mission is to build a safe, productive, and sustainable workforce of craft professionals. ATS schools deliver a number of different NCCER curricula which maintains quality and consistency. NCCER accreditation also allows the ATS students to receive national certification and credentials from NCCER.

• Today, NCCER is supported by hundreds of leading construction companies, manufacturers and national trade associations. For more information on NCCER please visit www.nccer.org.
• ATS Schools are accredited by The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER).
• NCCER is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) education foundation founded in 1995 by 11 of the world’s largest and most progressive construction companies and several national construction associations.

How Does the National Registry Benefit a Student?

• Portability of training accomplishments, regardless of where the training may have geographically occurred.
• The National Registry also gives students more flexibility in their career path planning and insures that their training accomplishments will be recognized wherever they go.

Why NCCER?

The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) develops and Publishes the Contren Learning Series. The modular programs are competency-based and include written and performance evaluations. NCCER’s Contren(r) Learning Series is taught nationwide by accredited NCCER sponsors. Sponsors include post-secondary schools like Associated Training Services.