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Certified Scheduling Technician (CST)

Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering

Certification

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A CST is an individual who has demonstrated proficiency in the general skills and knowledge of the scheduling process within the AACE International Total Cost Management (TCM) framework. Generally, CST represents early-career professionals who are working to gain the requisite years of experience, to become a certified Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) or more experienced mid- to late-career professionals who wish to be recognized for their planning and scheduling skills.

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Hybrid

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Develop construction project schedules by defining scope, creating a work breakdown structure, establishing schedule specifications, and incorporating stakeholder input
  • Create and document baseline schedules that reflect the contractor's intended work plan, identify the critical path, and establish the foundation for progress measurement
  • Define and apply activity relationships, durations, constraints, calendars, and milestones to build a functional Critical Path Method schedule model
  • Track and report schedule progress by collecting field data, updating activity status, and applying scheduling software to perform schedule calculations
  • Analyze schedule variances and trends by comparing updated schedules against the baseline to identify deviations and support corrective action development
  • Manage schedule changes by incorporating scope changes, suspensions, delays, and disruptions into the schedule model and documenting their impacts
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks43-5061.00
  • Financial Specialists, All Other13-2099.00
  • Financial Managers11-3031.00
  • Construction Managers11-9021.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certification)

  • Production schedules and work orders — revise and reissue with reduced oversight when minor design changes or material delays occur in a manufacturing environment.
  • Materials requirements planning software — use routinely to track inventory levels and generate replenishment requests aligned with current production demands.
  • Personnel and materials requirements — assess by reviewing staffing tables and production documents independently to support routine scheduling decisions.
  • Supply deliveries and part distribution — arrange and coordinate with vendors and internal departments to maintain uninterrupted flow on the production line.
  • Department supervisors and production staff — confer regularly to assess work-in-progress and communicate needed schedule adjustments across familiar operational contexts.
  • Customer and vendor complaints related to shipping or delivery — resolve using active listening and established escalation procedures with limited managerial involvement.
  • Inventory replenishment requisitions — prepare and submit using procurement software to meet predictable production demands within normal operating cycles.
  • Sales forecast data — apply to plan short-term production commitments and timetables for standard jobs or recurring programs.
  • Production backlog situations — identify contributing factors and propose schedule revisions using time management and critical thinking skills developed through on-the-job experience.
  • Progress reports and status updates — draft in writing for supervisors and team leads using accurate information pulled from ERP and inventory management systems.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

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Completion Rate
48%
Placement Rate
46%