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VE stands for “volunteer examiner” which are the folks that give the license examinations. They usually are a team from a ham club. CSCE is “certificate of successful completion of examination” which you won’t need to worry about unless you previously took one of the tests and are going for an upgrade of license.

If it’s your first examination, all you need are two photo IDs and the test fee. If you pass the exam and later take another test for an upgrade of class, bring along a copy of your current license.

Thank you for the information. I dug around a little for the meanings of the acronyms. My radio experience from former duties and other interests didn't include ham.

"If it’s your first examination, all you need are two photo IDs and the test fee."

That rules me out, then. I'm an American (no immigration cards or passports), was honorably discharged (no military ID since then) and only tried civilian (police) patrol work for a short while during the '90s. So, only one photo ID and no intention to join the local bureaucracy to get another one.

No problem. There are other ways for people not associated with the public sector to communicate including other legal ways of using radio. And it will still be of interest to learn more about ham radio frequencies, protocols and users without broadcasting on it.