1991 - 2002
1991
Under the Construction Education Foundation of ABC, 11 of the nation’s leading contractors come together to address the emerging shortage of skilled workers and begin the process of standardizing curricula and industry-recognized credentials
Core Curriculum releases along with the first five standardized craft curricula: Electrical, Pipefitting, Millwright, Welding and Instrumentation
1993
Master Trainer Instructor Certification Program, Instructor Certification Training Program and Accreditation Guidelines release
First 53 organizations apply for accreditation
First module completion is recorded in the Registry System
1994
Fluor and Brown & Root each pledge $1 million in contributions to establish NCCER
1995
More than 125 construction industry association and academic leaders lay the groundwork for the creation of NCCER at the Aspen Summit.
Prentice Hall (now Pearson) becomes NCCER's publishing partner
1996
The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) becomes an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational foundation on Jan. 1, 1996, and Gainesville, Florida, is selected as the headquarters
Partners with Dell Computers to offer a desktop computer system that operates CD-ROMs of Core and Electrical curricula
Associated Builders and Contractors becomes a general partner
Partners with The Associated General Contractors of America
Officially begins offering credentials, certificates, wallet cards and transcripts
BE&K, Dan Vos Construction, Fluor Daniel, Hess Mechanical, Ivey Mechanical, Nova Group and TDIndustries sign the first National Training Service Agreements
1997
Launches website at nccer.org
Business Roundtable endorses NCCER as a method of delivering training curricula, performance standards and certification to the industry and recommends that all owners require evidence of craft training as a qualifier for contractor selection
The Construction Innovation Forum awards NCCER the NOVA award for successfully uniting the construction industry under one training program
Build Your Future’s (BYF) satellite teleconference promoting construction careers broadcasts to more than 300,000 students among nearly 4,000 schools
1998
Partners with Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (now SkillsUSA)
Partners with American Vocational Association (now the Association for Career and Technical Education)
1999
Prentice Hall publishes Core Curriculum in Spanish
KBR (formerly Brown & Root) contributes another $1 million
2000
Produces Annotated Instructor’s Guides for the first time
The National Craft Assessment and Certification Program (NCACP) launches and releases the following assessments: Industrial Carpenter, Industrial Pipefitter, Scaffolding, Boilermaker, Instrumentation Technician and Fitter
Publishes curricula in color
2001
The Registry System processes the one millionth module completion
2002
Establishes Accredited Training and Education Facilities for secondary and postsecondary institutions
Rebrands product line as Contren Learning Series
Partners with the American Petroleum Institute to develop curricula and assessments for the pipeline industry and launches the Pipeline Training and Assessment Program