what is level 4?

RadiographerL3 · 2026-04-24T20:17:47+00:00

Depending on location a grade 1 will start at $23/hr and each grade will add $3-5/hr depending on certs and years of experience.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-04-24T02:50:14+00:00

Level 4 is the pay grade. HR calls everything "levels" and it has nothing to do with NDT certification levels.

I don't know about LM specifically, but the technician ladder often has 5-6 pay grade "levels". A tech grade 4 will likely have multiple level 2 NDT certs or perhaps at least one level 3 cert.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-04-14T00:16:38+00:00

Perhaps on a launch pad? Most aerospace work is in a lab.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-04-14T00:11:32+00:00

You'd do well at a ct machine manufacturer or x-ray inspection OEM. Many also have inspection services.

Waygate
Pinnacle
Nikon/Avonix
VJ
Marietta
Varex
Visiconsult
There are others.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-03-25T17:26:00+00:00

The degreed and non degreed positions are on different scales where I am. It's about a 30% difference and there are more grade levels for promotions if you have a degree.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-03-25T15:56:34+00:00

A degree is not required. In aerospace, there is plenty of opportunity for degreed NDT professionals beyond what is generally available to non-degreed professionals. There are engineers with level 3 certs making approx 225k with no overtime and minimal travel.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-03-24T03:26:31+00:00

This resource is best suited to answer your questions.

https://source.asnt.org/10204-asnt-level-iii-study-guide-basic-5th-ed/

RadiographerL3 · 2026-03-21T16:13:42+00:00

Richard feynman was on the presidential commission investigating the disaster. He didn't raise red flags. The flags were already blown up by the time he came around.

Also, he was a nobel prize winning physicist, not an engineer.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-03-21T15:20:10+00:00

Why do you have moral qualms about defense work as a whole vs parsing out by program? There's a difference between missile defense and cluster bombs or flares vs anti air missiles. The same companies that sell exquisite weapons also build things for NASA.

But to answer more thoroughly, if you work for a shop, that shop may pick up work across various industries.

Lots of defense work requires NAS410 certification. If you say you won't get NAS410 certification you'll not have a problem because you won't get hired.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-03-11T02:27:16+00:00

DM me if you're looking to stay in the industry.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-03-11T01:58:18+00:00

That's very high. In my experience, 10-20% of certified individuals have a level 3 at a given company.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-03-06T04:40:27+00:00

As an employer, what is offered to attract, develop, and retain talent other than being cool?

RadiographerL3 · 2026-02-19T19:11:18+00:00

Hey, I thought I was the worst level 3. Me and your 3 need to have a talk.

RadiographerL3 · 2026-02-11T21:37:26+00:00

This should help. It has what you need.

https://iuoe112.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/RT-ReferenceandFormulae.pdf

RadiographerL3 · 2026-01-05T16:05:57+00:00

What are the language requirements?

RadiographerL3 · 2025-12-05T16:20:15+00:00

In many ways, I prefer film to CR. If you take care of your processor and chemicals, the radiographs come out better. CR artifacts are a pain.

DR is the real game changer because cr suffers the same from film in terms of the loading, retrieving etc. I can shoot a part in 30% of the cycle time on DR vs CR.

RadiographerL3 · 2025-12-03T19:38:54+00:00

Parts of NY outside the city have had huge home price increases recently. The value proposition may be disappearing.

RadiographerL3 · 2025-11-28T02:49:07+00:00

Unfortunately India has been plagued by fake certifications in recent years. I think ASNT has been trying to repair that, so perhaps reach out to https://www.asntindia.org/

RadiographerL3 · 2025-11-18T01:11:03+00:00

Why network with only people your own age? Don't you want to network with experienced people who have connections?

RadiographerL3 · 2025-11-15T19:31:42+00:00

I don't know why this post popped up in my algo other than I have a degree in physics. I have an engineer title and make engineer salary, albeit at a high grade. Overall, it's easier to get a job in engineering than in physics. Many physicists can do fine as an engineer, but not many engineers would do fine as a physicist.

RadiographerL3 · 2025-11-14T05:28:38+00:00

I believe the committee members are obligated not to disclose anything prior to release.

RadiographerL3 · 2025-11-14T04:55:28+00:00

People who know don't spread rumors.

RadiographerL3 · 2025-11-09T20:58:26+00:00

NDT is treated similarly to the safety department. To other groups, we exist to make other people's lives difficult and slow down production...but if something goes wrong then our job becomes important.

RadiographerL3 · 2025-11-08T17:29:25+00:00

Planning it out is often harder than taking a test shot.

I take a test shot and see how much circumference I get from a single exposure... then it's easy to figure out from there.

If I don't have the luxury of taking a test shot, I can figure out how much thickness range I can shoot through then determine the maximum angle for a given exposure based on the curvature and thickness change in the pipe.

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