Skills Non-destructive Inspection Tester near Edmonton (AB)

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a non-destructive inspection tester in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Non-destructive testers and inspection technicians (NOC 22230).

Tasks

  • Conduct tests to ensure quality or detect defects
  • Establish NDI techniques and calibration standards
  • Set up and operate radiographic equipment
  • Develop and interpret radiographic film
  • Calibrate, test and interpret ultrasonic equipment
  • Set up, calibrate, operate and interpret magnetic particle, eddy current, liquid penetrant, acoustic emission, and infrared thermographic equipment
  • Prepare, conduct and interpret liquid penetrant inspection
  • Establish techniques for proper examination of objects under inspection, ensuring strict adherence to safety regulations
  • Instruct and supervise trainees
  • Interpret radiographs, cathode ray tube (CRT) or digital readouts, conductivity meters and visual indicators
  • Maintain test result reports

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery Help - Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery
  • Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment
  • Installing and Setting-Up Technical Infrastructure

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment
Controlling, monitoring, calibrating and adjusting precision instrumentation.
Installing and Setting-Up Technical Infrastructure
Coordinating the installation and integration of interconnected computer-based systems.
Service and Care Help - Service and Care
  • Protecting and Enforcing

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Protecting and Enforcing
Responding to public safety and security needs and ensuring compliance to rules, standards or laws.

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Information Handling Help - Information Handling
  • Processing Information

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Processing Information
Inputting, recording, transcribing and updating data using electronic or manual information systems.
Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Inspecting and Testing
  • Analyzing Information

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Inspecting and Testing
Examining and investigating problems, sites or objects to ensure compliance with safety standards, laws or regulations.
Analyzing Information
Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production Help - Manufacturing and Production
  • Processing and Production

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Processing and Production
Knowledge of production methods, inputs, outputs, work flow and industrial processes including safety, quality control and cost estimation.

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science Help - Mathematics and Science
  • Chemistry
  • Physics

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Chemistry
Knowledge of chemical composition, structure and properties of substances; of chemical processes, interactions and transformations; and of uses of chemicals, their production techniques and disposal methods.
Physics
Knowledge of the principles and laws governing matter, energy, force, and motion, the way they relate to each other and their applications.
Engineering and Technology Help - Engineering and Technology
  • Engineering and Applied Technologies

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Engineering and Applied Technologies
Knowledge of engineering principles and the techniques used in the planning, development and application of technology for specific goods and services.

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

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