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RECERT HOT MIX ASPHALT I

Enrollment Qualification: To qualify for a recertification session, you must meet the following 2 conditions:
1. You have enrolled in a recertification session that occurs before or within 45 days after your certification expiration date.
2. You attended the full training on your last module certification.


If you enroll in a session that occurs more than 45 days after your certifications have expired, it must be a regular JTCP session rather than a recertification session. The JTCP recommends that qualified technicians enroll in a recertification session that occurs as near as possible to their expiration date to avoid any risk of losing a recertification option and to avoid potential certification expiration. If you enroll in a recertification session that occurs more than 45 days after your certification expiration, you will be contacted and be required to change the enrollment to a regular session. Exceptions will be made if you are enrolled in a session that is cancelled or postponed.



Who Should Attend

This course has been developed for anyone seeking a basic understanding of HMA material field testing. It is intended to focus on areas critical to the successful completion of an asphalt pavement.


Completing the Program

This certificate program consists of completing an online prerequisite, in-class training, and a lab.

The medium of instruction and language of the course will be English.

The timely delivery of transportation improvement projects requires highly skilled, knowledgeable materials sampling and testing technicians. To help reduce conflict and delay on construction projects within the state, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in partnership with CSULB, has developed a joint training and certification program in HMA testing for construction materials lab technicians. This program is the first in a two-part series.

The goal of this program is to ensure that all materials testers — both in the public and private sector — possess equal knowledge and skill in performing lab tests. This will, in turn, help ensure consistent testing, promote quality improvement, and foster positive working relationships between public and private sector employees.

Participants in this program will receive training and certification in various CTM and AASHTO methods pertaining to HMA testing in the field.

Note: In accordance with the IA Manual Amendment, “Testers must attend all training days for the HMA I, HMA II, and/or S&A modules including the recertification modules prior to receiving a JTCP Certificate of Training Completion for the module(s) and taking the associated exams.”


Topics Include

  • CT 105: Calculations Pertaining to Gradings and Specific Gravities
  • CT 125: Method of Test for Sampling Highway Materials and Products Used in the Roadway Structural Sections
  • CT 306: Reducing Samples of Asphalt Mixtures to Testing Size
  • AASHTO T 11: Materials Finer Than 75-µm (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing
  • AASHTO T 27: Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates
  • AASHTO T 176: Plastic Fines in Graded Aggregates and Soils by Use of the Sand Equivalent Test
  • AASHTO R 76: Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size
  • AASHTO T 255: Total Evaporable Moisture Content of Aggregate by Drying
  • AASHTO T 329: Determine the Moisture Content of HMA by Drying in an Oven
  • AASHTO T 335: Determine the Percentage of Fracture in Coarse Aggregate
  • AASHTO R 47: Reducing Samples of HMA to Testing Size

Upon Completion of this Training, Participants will Be Able to

  • Discuss the reasons for performing grading adjustments, select the appropriate adjustment for a given sample, and describe the procedure involved
  • Sample aggregates, soil, lime, HMA, and bituminous materials
  • Determine the amount passing sieve No. 200 of an aggregate sample and be aware of the safety requirements for running the test
  • Determine the aggregate gradation of fine or coarse aggregates
  • Determine the relative proportion of clay-like material in soils or graded aggregates
  • Reduce the aggregate sample to a representative size for testing
  • Determine the total evaporable moisture content of aggregate
  • Determine the moisture content of HMA
  • Determine the percentage of Fracture in Coarse Aggregate
  • Reduce the sample size of HMA and be aware of the safety requirements for running the test
  • Eligible to take HMA II course.