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What are Interplay Learning Skills Assessments?

Interplay Learning Skills Assessments help you see exactly where your team stands. Each assessment measures real-world technical skills across key competencies, giving you an objective view of strengths, weaknesses, and readiness for training or promotion. With instant results and guided course recommendations, you can eliminate guesswork, target development where it matters most, and build a stronger, more capable workforce.

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Does this sound familiar?

  • Resumes and interviews don’t tell the full story.
  • The same service issues keep popping up, no matter who you send.
  • You don’t have an objective way to evaluate mid-level techs and tailor advanced training.
  • You’re finding out about skills gaps only after callbacks or customer complaints.

With Interplay Learning’s Skills Assessments, you can finally see what’s real, not what’s assumed.

Our data-driven assessments give you an objective view of your team’s strengths and weaknesses so you can make smarter hiring, promotion, and training decisions. You’ll gain clarity on where each technician stands, what competencies they need to develop, and how much effort it will take to close those gaps.

 

Cut the Guesswork Out of Training

Each assessment includes 30–60 randomized questions that take about 45 minutes to complete and are aligned to key industry competencies. Once complete, admins and learners will both receive an instant report highlighting overall performance and specific skill gaps, plus guided training paths and course recommendations directly in our training platform.

 

Assessments are available for:

HVAC, Commercial HVAC, Multi-Family Maintenance, Electrical, Plumbing, Facilities Maintenance, Solar, and Industrial Maintenance.

HVAC Competencies
    1. Electrical Meter Use

    2. Converting Pressures to Temperatures

    3. Evaluating Refrigerant Charge
    4. Verifying Proper Airflow for AC
    5. Measuring Input
    6. Verifying Proper Airflow for Heat
    7. Vent Inspection and Verification
    8. Sequence of Operations
    9. Wiring Diagram Comprehension
    10. Combustion Efficiency and Safety
Commercial HVAC Competencies
    1. Basic Electrical Safety
    2. Basic Wiring Diagram Comprehension
    3. Control Systems
    4. Electrical Diagrams
    5. Electronic HVAC System Components
    6. General Safety
    7. HVAC Motors
    8. HVAC System Component Identification
    9. HVAC System Measurements
    10. Managing Airflow
    11. Refrigerant Calculations
    12. Refrigerant Handling
    13. Residential HVAC System Installation
    14. Residential Refrigerant System Components
    15. Residential Refrigerant System Diagnosis
    16. Sequence of Operations
    17. Water Supply & Distribution Systems
Multi-Family Competencies
    1. Electrical Meter Use
    2. Measuring Input (Gas Appliances) (HVAC 1)
    3. Verifying Proper Airflow (HVAC 2)
    4. Evaluating Refrigerant Charge (HVAC 3)
    5. Safe Electrical Work Practices (Electrical 1)
    6. Wiring Fundamentals (Electrical 2)
    7. Electrical Organization (Electrical 3)
    8. Safe Practices in Plumbing (Plumbing 1)
    9. Pipe Joining and Installation (Plumbing 2)
    10. Fixture Installation (Plumbing 3)
Electrical Competencies
    1. General Safety
    2. Safety for Electricians

    3. Basic Electrical Safety

    4. Generic Hand Tools

    5. Basic Electrical Theory

    6. Service Entrance Equipment

    7. Electrical Diagrams

    8. Applying NEC

    9. Understanding Electrical Components and Fixtures

    10. Electrical Protection Devices

    11. Installing Raceways and Conduit

    12. Wiring Installation

    13. Electrical Fixture Installation and Maintenance

    14. Understanding Circuits

Plumbing Competencies
    1. General Safety

    2. Basic Electrical Safety

    3. Safe Practices in Plumbing

    4. General Hand Tools

    5. Plumbing Tools and Equipment

    6. Basic Math Skills
    7. Basic Measurements and Units
    8. Math for Plumbing
    9. Water Supply and Distribution Systems
    10. Understanding Plumbing Code
    11. Plumbing Fixtures
    12. Sanitary Drainage Systems
    13. Water Heaters
    14. Electrical Meter Use
Facilities Maintenance Competencies
    1. Electrical Meter Use
    2. Combustion Efficiency and Safety
    3. Residential Heating Components
    4. Managing Airflow
    5. Ducting
    6. Residential Refrigerant System Components
    7. Refrigerant Calculations
    8. General Safety
    9. Basic Electrical Safety
    10. Applying NEC
    11. Wiring Installation
    12. Electrical Protection Devices
    13. Understanding Plumbing Code
    14. Safe Practices in Plumbing
    15. Water Supply and Distribution Systems
    16. Sanitary Drainage Systems
    17. Plumbing Fixtures
Solar Competencies
  1. Basic Electrical Theory

  2. Advanced Electrical Theory

  3. Applying the NEC

  4. Wiring Installation

  5. Solar Array Assembly (Residential)

  6. Electrical Commissioning

  7. Service Entrance Equipment

  8. Electrical Protection Devices

  9. Electrical Components and Fixtures

  10. Electrical Tool Usage

  11. Solar System Components & Operation

  12. Service Entrance Equipment

  13. Mount Modules

  14. Electrical Meter Use

  15. Mechanical Commissioning

  16. Site Assessment

  17. Solar Cell Technologies

  18. Electrical Fixture Installation and Maintenance

  19. DC-AC Inverter Technologies

  20. Solar Module Design

  21. Troubleshooting Electrical System

  22. Current-Voltage (I-V) & Power Curves

Industrial Maintenance Competencies
    1. Workplace Safety
    2. Mechanical Systems
    3. Hydraulic Systems

    4. Pneumatic Systems

    5. Electrical Systems

    6. Electronic and Process Control Systems

    7. Robotics and Automation

    8. Welding

    9. Piping Systems

Why It Matters:

By understanding where your workforce stands, you can:

  • Build a skills inventory across your team and identify training priorities.
  • Improve hiring and promotion decisions with objective data.
  • Boost productivity by focusing training where it’s needed most.
  • Increase your bottom line through faster ramp-up, fewer callbacks, and better customer outcomes.

Stop relying on assumptions. Start developing a workforce built on verified skills.

 

Learn more about how Interplay Learning’s Skills Assessments can help you make smarter talent and training decisions.

Sample Report

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