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94 APPENDIX C – STA SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE Dear Participant: The National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) is supporting a research project to prepare guidance on the education, training, certification, recruitment, retention, and career development for construction inspectors on transportation infrastructure construction projects.
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95 who performed the research and are not necessarily those of TRB; the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; or NCHRP sponsors. CONSENT QUESTION I consent to participate in this survey ☐ Yes ☐ No (If checked, please discontinue completing survey)
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96 Quality Control (QC) : The process specified by the agency for a contractor to monitor, assess and adjust their production or placement processes to ensure that the final product will meet the specified level of quality.
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97 4. What are the primary roles of construction inspectors (or individuals that performs construction inspection duties)
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98 Willingness to Learn: Understand the importance of learning new information ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Written and oral communication skills: Able to communicate important information to others clearly ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Leadership: Exhibits influence on others to maximize efforts and achieve goals ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ 7. From your agency's perspective, indicate how important (from 0 = Not Important to 100 = Extremely Important)
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99 Competencies" are for a construction inspector in your agency to effectively perform inspections on highway construction projects. Technical Construction and Inspection Competencies Not Important Slightly Important Moderately Important Very Important Extremely Important 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Able to work with construction and inspection tools & technologies ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Understanding agency regulations, policies and procedures ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Ability to comprehend construction plans, specification, and contract provisions ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Knowledge of materials and construction means and methods ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Knowledge of quality assurance principles ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Knowledge of development, tracking, and reporting of performance measures ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Experience in inspecting, testing materials, and documenting work ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Understanding project progress schedule ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Knowledge of the project development process ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Risk identification and analysis skills ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ 10.
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100 school graduate Entry-level: (< 2 years of inspection experience) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Intermediate-level: (2 to 5 years of inspection experience)
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101 Frequency Not Sure Frequency of administering online/virtual construction inspection training % ☐ What percentage of online/virtual training is offered as Just-in-Time/As needed?
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102 19. Does your agency provide training for construction inspectors in the use of inspection technology and software applications?
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103 ☐ Other, please specify___________________________________ D
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104 ☐ Not sure 26. Does your agency use any recertification strategies (e.g., specified recertification intervals)
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105 31. From your experience, please select the top five factors of the following choices that attract construction inspectors to your agency when they are hired.
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106 to review the construction training and certification Guide that we will be developing? If so, please indicate you interest.
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