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Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
Occupation Source: ONET
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About This Occupation
Test the safety of structures, vehicles, or vessels using x-ray, ultrasound, fiber optic or related equipment.
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Applied Knowledge
Critical Thinking
Mathematics
Reading
Writing
Clarifying Roles & Objectives
Communication
Monitoring & Controlling Resources
Monitoring Work
People Skills
Communication
Personal Skills
Adaptability
Dependability & Reliability
Initiative
Professionalism
Problem Solving
Professionalism
Strategic Planning/Action
Workplace Skills
Customer Focus
Decision Making
Planning & Organizing
Problem Solving
Common Job Titles
You may find open job opportunities using one or more of these common job titles, relating to this occupation.
- Industrial Radiographer
- Inspector
- Non-Destructive Evaluation Manager (NDE Manager)
- Non-Destructive Evaluation Specialist (NDE Specialist)
- Non-Destructive Evaluation Technician (NDE Technician)
- Non-Destructive Tester
- Non-Destructive Testing Engineer (NDT Engineer)
- Non-Destructive Testing Inspector
- Non-Destructive Testing Scientist (NDT Scientist)
- Non-Destructive Testing Services Director (NDT Services Director)
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialist (NDT Specialist)
- Non-Destructive Testing Supervisor (NDT Supervisor)
- Non-Destructive Testing Technician (NDT Technician)
- Predictive Maintenance Specialist
- Predictive Maintenance Technician
- Quality Engineer
- Quality Manager
- Test Technician
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- Acoustic testers
- Amp meters
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Binocular polarizing microscopes
- Binoculars
- Black lights
- Capacitance testers
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Closed circuit television systems
- Computer assisted tomography CAT inspection equipment
- Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Depth gauges
- Desktop computers
- Digital micrometers
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Digital refractometers
- Digital video cameras
- Eddy current inspection equipment
- Electric hoists
- Electrical conductivity meters
- Fiber optic strain sensors
- Fluorescent microscopes
- Fractal Concept SoftScan
- Gamma ray testing equipment
- Gauss meters
- GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies Rhythm UT
- Ground penetrating radar GPR systems
- Handheld accelerometers
- Handheld sprayers
- Height gauges
- IBM Notes
- Immersion tanks
- Infrared thermographic scanners
- Inspection endoscopes
- Laptop computers
- Laser alignment tools
- Light meters
- Load indenters
- Magnifying glasses
- Measuring tapes
- Metallurgical microscopes
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Word
- Microwave meters
- National Instruments DAQ Assistant
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- National Instruments NI Motion Assistant
- National Instruments NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection AI
- Neutron detectors
- Personal computers
- Piezoelectric sensors
- Portable microscopes
- Power drills
- Precision rulers
- Radiation detection badges
- Recirculating hot air drying ovens
- Remote reading electronic thermometers
- SAP
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Schmidt rebound hammers
- Stereo microscopes
- Telescopes
- Timing equipment
- Two-channel oscilloscopes
- Ultrasound inspection equipment
- Velocity meters
- Vernier calipers
- Vibration analysis equipment
- Visualization Sciences Group VSG Avizo Fire
- Visualization Sciences Group VSG Open Inventor
- Volt meters
- Width gauges
- Windsor probes
- X ray equipment
- X ray microscopes
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This workforce product was funded in part by a TAACCCT grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Pathways to the American Dream is an $7,500,000 project. $6,000,000 (75%) is provided through a Federal grant from the United States Department of Labor – Employment and Training Administration. $1,500,000 (25%) is provided through other sources, including leveraged state and local funds. This product does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The U.S. Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership. Unless otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.