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U48A VT MT and PT NDT Inspector

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Overview

A VT, MT, and PT NDT Inspector performs nondestructive testing using visual, magnetic particle, and liquid penetrant inspection methods. The inspector conducts these tests according to the standards in NSTM Chapter 074, Volume 2.

Core Skills

  • Visual inspection under NSTM standards
  • Magnetic particle nondestructive inspection
  • Liquid penetrant nondestructive inspection

Civilian Career Paths

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Non-Destructive Testing Specialists

Your experience performing visual, magnetic particle, and liquid penetrant inspections under NSTM standards directly supports civilian method-specific nondestructive testing.

How to prepare: Gather your method-specific certification and recertification records for a prospective employer to assess against its written practice. In SNT-TC-1A-based programs, the employer must certify personnel to perform Level I, II, or III functions under that practice.

What the civilian work involves
  • Interpret or evaluate test results in accordance with applicable codes, standards, specifications, or procedures.
  • Prepare reports on non-destructive testing results.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II · U48A VT MT and PT NDT Inspector

    [1] U48A individual duty entry, raw retained text lines 11966-11968 (normalized lines 12159-12161)

    Supports: Visual inspection under NSTM standards, Magnetic particle nondestructive inspection, Liquid penetrant nondestructive inspection, Non-Destructive Testing Specialists (O*NET 17-3029.01)

    [2]NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC U48A · NEC entry "U48A - U51A - Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Metal Specialists"; cached text line 12137; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Non-Destructive Testing Specialists (O*NET 17-3029.01)

  2. O*NET: Non-Destructive Testing Specialists

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Non-Destructive Testing Specialists (O*NET 17-3029.01)

  3. ASNT: Explaining Employer-Based Certification Programs (SNT-TC-1A)

    [4] ASNT Certificate Compared to SNT-TC-1A-Based Certificate and The Written Practice sections; ASNT Pulse article dated 2020-10-29, retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Non-Destructive Testing Specialists (O*NET 17-3029.01)

Defense contractor jobs for U48A

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