Blueprints
A valuable preparation tool, Blueprints contain competency lists, percentage breakdowns, sample questions, and skill-based job examples. Teachers and students use Blueprints to identify the skills and knowledge needed in a particular career path and to focus studying on areas needing improvement. Use the index below to search for Blueprints alphabetically, by credential category, or by career cluster.
Credential Categories
Job Ready
Measure the skills of those completing a technical training program. Consist of both knowledge-based and skill-based components which can be administered together or independently. Ideal for programs that are two-to-three-years in length with a comprehensive focus on occupational skills.
Pathway
Broader than an occupational-specific assessment, measuring technical skills at the cluster and pathway level as well as employability skills and academic skills relevant to an occupational pathway. Ideal for programs that are a semester to one year in length and can be used across multiple occupational areas.
Employability Skills
Measure the skills representing critical knowledge, sometimes referred to as “soft skills” needed for success in the workplace. Appropriate for all student populations including middle grades through postsecondary.
Foundational Concepts
Measure an individual’s understanding of a set of core skills and key concepts within a career field. Ideal for programs that are one-to-two-years in length and can be used across multiple occupational areas.
Partner Network
NOCTI partners with several professional associations offering a variety of credentials for learners of any level.
Teacher
Offered in over 50 technical areas for administration at state-designated authorized Area Test Centers across the nation. States utilize these assessments to measure occupational specific knowledge of teacher candidates and as part of state licensing requirements.
Micro-Credentials
Learners of any age can confirm familiarity with a discrete, targeted set of knowledge and skills within an occupation with NOCTI Micro-Credentials. Learner resources are available through NOCTI’s Learning Management System (LMS). A short, teacher-administered credentialing assessment is delivered through NOCTI’s online testing system and successful participants are awarded digital badges through NOCTI’s SkillBadge Locker.
Education Professional
CTE teachers are in an educational class by themselves and need a different set of pedagogical skills and background knowledge. These differences require a specialized credential to confirm baseline and advanced expectations for new CTE teachers and CTE administrators as well as those professionals working with CTE data.
Blueprint Index
NOCTI respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask you to do the same. All NOCTI Blueprints, including those of its partners, are copyrighted materials and are intended for personal or educational classroom usage. No part of any blueprint content, including NOCTI competencies, may be reproduced in any form, incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, or used to prepare derivative works, or materials being sold for profit without NOCTI’s official consent.
Note: The CIP Codes indicated on each blueprint are examples of the types of occupations for which the credential may be applicable. Other CIP Codes likely align and NOCTI encourages a crosswalk of standards and competencies to your program content.
Title
Category
Career Cluster
Partner
21st Century Skills for Workplace Success
Employability Skills
Employability Skills
None
A*S*K Entrepreneurship/Management
Partner
Business Management & Administration
A*S*K Institute
A*S*K Fundamental Business Concepts
Partner
Business Management & Administration
A*S*K Institute
Additive Manufacturing Essentials (NOCTI-America Makes)
Job Ready
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
America Makes
Administrative Assistant
State Program
Business Management & Administration
Pennsylvania
Aerospace Engineering – Course 1
Partner
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
SREB
Aerospace Engineering – Course 2
Partner
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
SREB
Aerospace Engineering – Course 3
Partner
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
SREB
College Credit Recommendations
Most NOCTI credentials offer college credit recommendations. Experienced industry experts and professors working with the National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS), have evaluated the rigor of NOCTI credentials to translate the content into college credit equivalencies. College credit equivalents for NOCTI’s credentials may be found on the NCCRS website. Students may also request an official transcript from Excelsior College by completing an application.
Workforce Competency Credential
Students have the ability to validate skills with NOCTI’s certification. The Workforce Competency Credential is issued to individuals scoring at or above the NOCTI criterion-referenced cut score on a current NOCTI Job Ready, Pathway, or Employability credentialing assessment.
