Will AI replace Non-Destructive Testing Specialists?
Estimated risk score: 39 out of 100
Lower replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (20 to 58).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 16 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 17-3029.01 · Architecture and Engineering
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 2 of its 16 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Document non-destructive testing methods, processes, or results.
- Prepare reports on non-destructive testing results.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 7 of its 16 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Conduct liquid penetrant tests to locate surface cracks by coating objects with fluorescent dyes, cleaning excess penetrant, and applying developer.
- Select, calibrate, or operate equipment used in the non-destructive testing of products or materials.
- Examine structures or vehicles such as aircraft, trains, nuclear reactors, bridges, dams, and pipelines, using non-destructive testing techniques.
- Identify defects in solid materials, using ultrasonic testing techniques.
- Supervise or direct the work of non-destructive testing trainees or staff.
- Develop or use new non-destructive testing methods, such as acoustic emission testing, leak testing, and thermal or infrared testing.
What the job is
Test the safety of structures, vehicles, or vessels using x-ray, ultrasound, fiber optic or related equipment.
Also called: NDT Specialist (Non-Destructive Testing Specialist), NDT Technician (Non-Destructive Testing Technician), NDE Technician (Non-Destructive Evaluation Technician), NDT Technical Specialist (Non-Destructive Testing Technical Specialist), NDT Engineer, NDT Inspector, NDT Scientist, Corrosion Tech.
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Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate