Where a non-destructive testing specialist can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a non-destructive testing specialist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Non-destructive testing specialists carry out testing of vehicles, vessels, other manufactured objects, and construction structures without having to damage them. They use special equipment such as X-ray, ultrasound, radiographics, or infrared instruments to perform testing activities and report based on the observed results.
Also known as non-destructive testing technology expert, non-destructive testing technologist, nondestructive test specialist, nondestructive testing specialist, non-destructive testing technician, non-destructive testing technology specialist, non-destructive testing assistant, non-destructive test specialist.
Craft and related trades workers 24 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: material testing technician, 42%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A non-destructive testing specialist needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.
- examine civil structures information skills
- non-destructive testing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- use non-destructive testing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- report test findings information skills
- use testing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- record test data information skills
- wear appropriate protective gear assisting and caring
- quality standards business, administration and law
- keep records of work progress information skills
- create solutions to problems communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a non-destructive testing specialist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- material testing technician 52% covered · difficulty 44
- engineered wood board grader 52% covered · difficulty 44.3
- sewerage maintenance technician 52% covered · difficulty 44.3
- veneer grader 47% covered · difficulty 48.1
- lumber grader 45% covered · difficulty 49.7
- quality engineering technician 43% covered · difficulty 51.9
- calculation engineer 34% covered · difficulty 58.5
- metrology technician 25% covered · difficulty 66
- automotive test driver 23% covered · difficulty 67.8
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Non-destructive testing specialist is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a non-destructive testing specialist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.