Special Test Center Requests - Paper/Pencil Tests Only
If there is no test center listed near your home or workplace, arrangements can be made to have the tests given locally. To arrange a special test center, all of the following conditions must be met:
- A special test center may be set up only when there is no regular test center within 50 miles.
- Tests at special centers will be given at the same time and date as regular tests.
- 75 or more people must register as a group.
- The registrations must come from two or more employers; special test centers cannot be approved for a single employer.
How to Organize a Special Test Center
The person requesting the special test center should contact ASE/ACT Test Administration at 319-337-1510 to make sure that the special center will be approved if the above conditions are met. ACT will send a Special Test Center Application Form (or the form can be downloaded below), which must be completed and returned. The coordinator also needs to request enough Registration Booklets for each potential test taker.
Each test taker must fill out a registration form and provide a check or money order payable to ASE/ACT for the registration and test fees. A major credit card may also be used. The coordinator for each center requested must complete a Special Test Center Application Form. This completed application form and the completed registration forms and payment must be sent in one envelope to reach ACT no later than March 24 for May testing and September 23 for November testing. Special test centers should be requested as early as possible; priority will be given to requests as they are received.
After a special center is approved, additional test takers may register to take tests there by writing "Special Center" and the name of the city in Item 9 on the Registration Form. Click here to download an Adobe Acrobat pdf version of the ASE Registration Booklet, which includes a Registration Form.
Please Note:
- Technicians absent for tests are not eligible for test fee refunds if fewer than 75 people take the test.
- Special test centers are established for the current test period only; a new request must be submitted each testing period.
- Tests at the special centers are administered under the same rules as regular centers. One of these rules states that the test supervisors must be persons untrained in the automotive field. After a special center is approved, ACT will make final provisions for choosing appropriate personnel to administer the tests.
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