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COMMISSION RULES · Volunteer examiner program: definitions; qualifications; preparation and administration of exams; reimbursement; accreditation; question pools; documentation requirements

E1E03§ 97.521E1E →

What is a Volunteer Examiner Coordinator?

  1. AA person who has volunteered to administer amateur operator license examinations
  2. BAn organization paid by the volunteer examiner team to publicize and schedule examinations
  3. CAn organization that has entered into an agreement with the FCC to coordinate, prepare, and administer amateur operator license examinations
  4. DThe person who has entered into an agreement with the FCC to be the VE session manager
Why Under 97.521, a Volunteer Examiner Coordinator is an organization, not an individual, that has signed an agreement with the FCC to coordinate, prepare, and administer amateur license exams. The VEC accredits Volunteer Examiners, maintains the question pools through the NCVEC, collects the paperwork from test sessions, and files the results with the FCC. Examples include the ARRL VEC and the W5YI VEC.
Watch out The choice describing a person who volunteers to administer exams defines a Volunteer Examiner (VE), the individual who actually sits on the three-member test team; the VEC is the sponsoring organization above them.
VE = a person, VEC = an organization with an FCC agreement. The extra C means Coordinating body.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
47 CFR 97.521 VEC qualifications.

No organization may serve as a VEC unless it has entered into a written agreement with the FCC. The VEC must abide by the terms of the agreement. In order to be eligible to be a VEC, the entity must:

(a) Be an organization that exists for the purpose of furthering the amateur service;

(b) [Reserved]

(c) Agree to coordinate examinations for any class of amateur operator license;

(d) Agree to assure that, for any examination, every examinee qualified under these rules is registered without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin or membership (or lack thereof) in any amateur service organization;

eCFR text as of 1 Sep 2026 · read on ecfr.gov
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The rest of E1E

  1. E1E01 For which types of out-of-pocket expenses do the Part 97 rules state that VEs and VECs may be reimbursed?
  2. E1E02 Who is tasked by Part 97 with maintaining the pools of questions for all US amateur license examinations?
  3. E1E03 What is a Volunteer Examiner Coordinator?
  4. E1E04 What is required to be accredited as a Volunteer Examiner?
  5. E1E05 What must the VE team do with the application form if the examinee does not pass the exam?
  6. E1E06 Who is responsible for the proper conduct and necessary supervision during an amateur operator license examin…
  7. E1E07 What should a VE do if a candidate fails to comply with the examiner's instructions during an amateur operato…
  8. E1E08 To which of the following examinees may a VE not administer an examination?
  9. E1E09 What may be the penalty for a VE who fraudulently administers or certifies an examination?
  10. E1E10 What must the administering VEs do after the administration of a successful examination for an amateur operat…
  11. E1E11 What must the VE team do if an examinee scores a passing grade on all examination elements needed for an upgr…
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