The mission of NCCER is to provide rigorous and relevant workforce development solutions that create opportunities for individual career advancement and support industry growth.
[3] NCCER is recognized across the United States for its breadth of trade curricula, which span over 40 trades,[4] and its workforce development system, which includes accreditation, training, assessment, certification and career development solutions for the construction and maintenance industries.
[5] In 1991, eleven prolific construction companies met to address skilled worker shortages and create standard curricula with industry-recognized credentials.
That same year, fifty-three organizations applied for accreditation and the first completed module was entered into a "Registry System."
A ceremony was held in Washington, D.C., that included the North American Crane Bureau, the US Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, the Acting Director for OSHA’s Directorate of Construction, the President/CEO, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., the President/CEO, Associated General Contractors of America, the Vice President, Government Relations, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), that accredited NCCER under ANSI/ISOIEC 17024, and the President of NCCER.