Non-destructive Testing Technician
What the work is
Uses non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques to examine and test the functionality and performance of objects, structures or materials without damaging or affecting their functionality.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Uses NDT techniques to study the properties of materials and structures
- Uses NDT techniques to test materials at all stages of a manufacturing or construction process
- Tests and identifies product flaws and structural weaknesses using NDT techniques
- Conducts NDT to determine where corrosion may occur and how it will spread
- Calibrates and maintains NDT equipment
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional engineering workshop and testing lab that supports factories, hospitals and construction sites. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- You find the hidden flaw in a part before it ever leaves the workshop
- A drawing you finished is turned into a real part that fits the first time
- A machine that was out of action runs again because of your diagnosis
Hard days
- A part fails a test just before a delivery deadline and the client is waiting
- Documents and drawings that do not match, and a long search for which one is right
- Pressure to pass a result that you are not sure about
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 313936, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.