NOC 2021 · 22230 · TEER 2
Non-destructive testers and inspectors
Unit group 22230 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Non-destructive testers and inspectors operate radiographic, ultrasonic, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, eddy current and similar testing equipment to detect discontinuities in objects of various compositions and materials. They are employed by quality control, maintenance and safety departments of manufacturing, processing, transportation, energy and other companies and by private industrial inspection establishments.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- acoustic emission technician
- acoustic emission tester
- aircraft non-destructive inspection technician
- black light technician - non-destructive testing
- boiler tester
- dye penetrant technician
- dye penetrant tester
- eddy current technician
- eddy current tester
- fluorescent penetrant testing technician
- fluoroscope tester
- forging tester
- hydrostatic tester
- industrial radiographer
- industrial radiographer - radiotelephony
- infrared technician
- infrared tester
- infrared thermographer
- infrared thermography technician
- liquid penetrant technician - non-destructive testing
- liquid penetrant testing technician
- magnetic particle technician
- magnetic particle tester
- magnetic particle testing technician
- maintenance technician - non-destructive testing (NDT)
- non-destructive examination technician
- non-destructive examiner
- non-destructive inspection technician
- non-destructive inspection tester
- non-destructive inspector
- non-destructive test technician
- non-destructive tester
- non-destructive testing maintenance (NDT) technician
- non-destructive testing trainee
- pipe tester - non-destructive testing
- pipeline testing technician - non-destructive testing
- pressure tank tester
- pressure vessel tester
- qualified operator - non-destructive testing
- radiographic technician - non-destructive testing
- radiographic tester
- reflectoscope tester
- thermographer-tester
- ultrasonic immersion tester
- ultrasonic technician - non-destructive testing
- ultrasonic tester
- ultrasonic testing technician
- ultraviolet light testing technician
- vibration analysis technician - non-destructive testing
- visual inspection technician - welding
- weld tester
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$36.00 an hour
Low $21.13, high $52.48
Where it pays most
- Thompson--Okanagan · British Columbia$43.23
- Vancouver Island and Coast · British Columbia$42.55
- South Coast--Burin Peninsula · Newfoundland and Labrador$39.00
- Edmonton · Alberta$38.77
- Avalon Peninsula · Newfoundland and Labrador$38.00
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $38.77 | $27.00 – $53.23 | Undetermined |
| Prince Edward Island | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nova Scotia | $37.87 | $22.00 – $55.00 | Undetermined |
| New Brunswick | $32.64 | $19.56 – $49.75 | Undetermined |
| Quebec | $29.91 | $21.00 – $43.02 | Limited |
| Ontario | $31.00 | $20.91 – $49.00 | Limited |
| Manitoba | $37.57 | $26.01 – $55.95 | Undetermined |
| Saskatchewan | $37.40 | $21.13 – $51.41 | Moderate |
| Alberta | $36.38 | $22.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $41.77 | $25.32 – $56.00 | Limited |
| Yukon Territory | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Northwest Territories | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
| Nunavut | Not published | Not published | Undetermined |
By economic region
The 27 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $38.00 | $28.73 – $56.06 | Undetermined |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $39.00 | $21.63 – $52.00 | Undetermined |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $37.87 | $22.00 – $55.00 | Undetermined |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $31.50 | $19.56 – $49.00 | Undetermined |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $29.91 | $21.00 – $43.02 | Undetermined |
| Montréal | Quebec | $29.91 | $21.00 – $43.02 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | Not published | Not published | Limited |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $31.00 | $20.91 – $49.00 | Undetermined |
| Toronto | Ontario | $29.24 | $20.00 – $43.75 | Limited |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $31.45 | $20.91 – $49.00 | Undetermined |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $31.72 | $20.91 – $50.21 | Limited |
| London | Ontario | $31.00 | $20.91 – $49.00 | Undetermined |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $30.25 | $21.00 – $49.73 | Very limited |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $37.78 | $27.88 – $52.11 | Undetermined |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $37.40 | $21.13 – $51.41 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $34.72 | $22.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $36.38 | $22.00 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $38.77 | $21.70 – $55.00 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $36.38 | $22.00 – $55.00 | Very limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $42.55 | $25.32 – $55.98 | Limited |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $36.39 | $22.75 – $52.00 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $43.23 | $27.00 – $65.00 | Moderate |
| Northeast | British Columbia | Not published | Not published | Moderate |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.