The FCC has delegated testing to fourteen groups of volunteer VE groups called Volunteer Exam Coordinators (VECs).
If you are a General or Amateur Extra license holder you can help us administer exams.
Generals can only grade Technician exams. Extras can grade all exams.
To verify your identity on exam.tools:
Login to the FCC license manager using your FRN and password. Then download your "Official copy" watermarked license PDF.
Login at exam.tools aka examtools.org as a VE using your ham.study aka hamstudy.org account
Upload your license PDF via https://exam.tools/ve/me (FAQ) and they will verify your VE status with the ARRL and other VECs.
Use the Discord chat server if there are any questions, problems or feature requests.
Working with other teams grading real exams is the best way to learn:
mdarc.org (monthly) in Lafayette
kf6hte.org (monthly) in Martinez
beniciaarc.com (W5YI) in Benicia
Delta club namesake (some shared history) Stockton-Delta w6sf.org
Training videos, in-person documenatation and the examtools.dev sandbox are also helpful.
The examtools.dev server requires a second upload of your FCC license to verify your callsign.
In-person electronic exams are a great experience for candidates.
Printing and grading paper exams from exam.tools is our next team challenge.
Administering fully remote exams is more difficult and not something we plan to do.
Others do this online already, apparently with all the VECs now.
arrl.org/volunteer-examiners have administered more exams than other VECs but others have strengths as well.
ARRL Contact VEs (CVEs) can schedule testing sessions on the arrl.org website and exam.tools.
An email from the ARRL must be forwarded to exam.tools to verify CVE status.
CVEs also collect and send the fees to the ARRL.
To keep our VE teams strong, volunteers should help all experienced VEs that are willing to take turns as CVE.
Use fcc.gov-search by FRN to check candidate results including callsign assignments.