Also known as community colleges, these institutions offer two-year associate degree programs and certificates. Junior colleges may offer associate degrees in applied science with a focus on NDT. These programs provide foundational knowledge and practical skills, preparing students for entry-level positions in the NDT field.

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Amarillo College
P.O. Box 447, Amarillo, TX 79178; Contact: John Forbis or Kim Hayes; Phone: (806) 335-4390; Fax: (806) 335-4267; Website: www.actx.edu
Offers an NDT program leading to an AAS degree. Includes practical and classroom instruction in ET, MT, PT, RT and UT. Students can select additional work in IR, VA, reliability/maintainability and aircraft composites.

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Arizona Western College
2020 S. Avenue 8E, P.O. Box 929, Yuma, AZ 85366-0929; Contact: Samuel Colton, Sr.; Phone: (928) 344-7570; Fax: (928) 317-6048; Website: www.azwestern.edu
NDT supplements welding and manufacturing processes technology; ET 6 h; MT 12 h; PT 15 h; RT 15 h; UT 15 h; AAS welding technology; since 1967.

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Brazosport College
500 College Dr., Lake Jackson, TX 77566-3199; Contact: James R. Bailey; Phone: (979) 230-3307; Fax: (979) 230-3282; Website: www.brazosport.edu

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Central Piedmont Community College
P.O. Box 35009, Charlotte, NC 28235-5009; Contact: Rand Ernst; Phone: (704) 330-4486; Website: www.cpcc.edu/ndet
CPCC offers an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Non-destructive Examination Technology (NDET), courses include ET, MT, PT, RT, UT, VT, blueprint reading, math, physics, report writing, and NDE procedure writing. Options for diploma in Nuclear Plant Inspection (training for EPRI PDI tsting) or certificate options.

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Chattanooga State Community College
4501 Amnicola Hwy., Chattanooga, TN 37406-1097; Contact: Tracie Clifford; Phone: (423) 697-5725; Website: www.chattanoogastate.edu
Offers a Nondestructive Testing Technology concentration within their Associate of Applied Science Degree in Engineering Technology.

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College of the North Atlantic
Port Aux Basques Campus, P.O. Box 760, 59 Grand Bay Rd., Port Aux Basques, NL A0M 1C0, Canada; Contact: John Molloy; Phone: (709) 695-3582; Fax: (709) 695-2963; Website: www.cna.nl.ca
NDT program for Level I and II training in MT, PT, RT and UT. Also offers private and group courses in MT, PT, RT and UT for Levels I, II and III. The NDT curriculum meets the training requirements for the CGSB-9712-2000, SNT-TC-1A and ISO standards. Also offers refresher courses and workshops via the National Certifying Agency of Canada. The college is a branch examination center of the CGSB certifying agency and operates as a fully equipped facility to administer certification in both theoretical and practical disciplines.

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Cowley College
125 S. Second St., Arkansas City, KS 67005; Contact: Joe Clasen; Phone: (620) 441-5579; Website: www.cowley.edu
AAS degree in NDT is available. Classes required for the AAS degree include: ET 90 h; IR 25 h; MT 45 h; PT 45 h; RT 120 h; UT 120 h; VT 45 h and radiation safety 45 h. Required related classes include: physics; technical mathematics; speech; English composition; industrial materials and processes; blueprint reading; and economics. Classes available to industry on campus or onsite include: Level II; Level III refresher; AWS CWI refresher and NDT facility audits.

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Del Mar College
101 Baldwin Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78404; Contact: Gary Parker; Phone: (361) 331-8283; Website: www.delmar.edu
Del Mar College offers a Nondestructive Testing Technology, Associate in Applied Science and a Nondestructive Testing Technology, Level II Certificate. Del Mar College has a new fully accredited 40 Radiation Safety Course.

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Don Bosco Technical Institute
1151 San Gabriel Blvd., Rosemead, CA 91770; Contact: Fred J. Padilla; Phone: (626) 940-2000; Fax: (626) 940-2001; Website: www.boscotech.edu
High school program: NDT supplements materials science; ET 6 h; MT 9 h; PT 7.5 h; RT 27 h (incorporates radiation safety training); UT 27 h; foundry lab 18 h. Courses in mechanical testing and heat treating, materials characterization, chemical analysis. College program: certificates in radiography 120 h; ultrasonics 120 h; magnetic particle and penetrant 80 h; eddy current 40 h; weld testing 40 h; radiographic film interpretation 40 h; radiological health and safety 40 h; preparation for Level III, basic MT, PT, RT and UT, 40 h each method.

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John Tyler Community College
13101 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Chester, VA 23831; Contact: Darrell Coleman; Phone: (804) 706-5073; Fax: (804) 796-4359; Website: www.jt.cc.va.us
NDT supplements engineering technology/welding; MT 3 h, PT 3 h, VT 6 h, related 18 h; 13 students per year; since 1967.

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Lone Star College – North Harris
NDE and Inspection Department, 2700 W.W. Thorne Blvd., Houston, TX 77073; Contact: Ron Theiss; Phone: (281) 618-5518; Website: www.lonestar.edu/northharris
Specific program: ET 96 h; PT/MT 95 h; RT 48 h; UT (first part) 96 h; UT (second part) 96 h; CWI 48 h; standards 48 h. One-year certificate and two year AAS degree; 80 to 100 students per semester; since 1991.

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Los Angeles Trade Technical College
400 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015; Contact: Phone: (213) 763-7323; Fax: (213) 763-5393; Website: www.lattc.edu
NDT supplements building trades and chemical technology programs. Survey course in NDT. Career planning program available. Co-op training available.

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Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
P.O. Box 2034, Hamilton, ON , Canada; Contact: Brad Bowman, Program Coordinator; Phone: (905) 575-1212 OR (519) 759-7200 X3130; Website: www.mohawkcollege.ca
Two-year NDT program.

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Mohawk Valley Community College
1101 Sherman Dr., Utica, NY 13501; Contact: Anthony Malagese; Phone: (315) 792-5509; Website: www.mvcc.edu

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Monroe County Community College
Career Technology Center, 1555 S. Raisinville Road, Monroe, MI 48161; Contact: Parmeshwar (Peter) Coomar, Dean of Applied Science & Engineering Technology; Phone: 734-384-4112; Email: OR calbring@monroeccc.edu ; Website: www.monroeccc.edu
Non-destructive Certificate Program at Monroe County Community College. This is a course of study that will cover the basic concepts of the five major non-destructive testing (NDT) methods: visual testing (VT), liquid penetrant testing (PT), magnetic particle testing (MT), ultrasonic testing (UT), and radiographic testing (RT). The classroom hours, grading criteria and test composition associated with this course work will be established in accordance with The American Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ASNT): Recommended Practice SNT-TC-1A. The courses are derivative of the existing nuclear engineering technology associate degree program and have direct relevance to our existing welding technology associate degree program. Nondestructive testing involves the inspection, testing or evaluation of materials, components and assemblies for materials' discontinuities, properties and machine problems without further impairing or destroying the parts serviceability. Universally, the term NDT applies equally to the NDT inspection methods used for evaluation.

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Moraine Valley Community College
9000 W. College Pkwy, Palos Hills, IL 60465-0937; Contact: Syreeta Brown, Corporate, Community and Continuing Education; Phone: (708) 608-4247; Website: www.morainevalley.edu/ndt
Certificates in ET, MT, PT RT, UT and Illinois State approved radiation safety. Training students in NDT since 1978.

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Northampton Community College
3835 Green Pond Rd., Bethlehem, PA 18020; Contact: Bill Heins, Program Manager, Materials and Welding; Phone: (610) 691-2900; Fax: (610) 997-8894; Website: www.northampton.edu
Preparatory weld testing course for CWI test (60 h); MT 20 h; PT 12 h; RT 20 h; UT 80 h; VT 24 h. Also offers an 18 credit welding diploma consisting of 13 different welding processes. These courses can be used toward an AAS applied quality and standards degree that is transferable to a four-year college. Placement assistance is provided to all graduates. Welder certification is also available.

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Northwest College
231 W. 6th St., Powell, WY 82435; Contact: Harold Elton; Phone: (307) 754-6156; Fax: (307) 754-6179; Website: www.northwestcollege.edu
NDT supplements welding technology. Offers an AAS welding technology degree and skills certificates for welding technology, metal inert gas welding and tungsten inert gas welding.

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Northwest Iowa Community College
603 West Park St., Sheldon, IA 51201; Contact: Robert Hoting; Phone: (712) 324-5061; Fax: (712) 324-4136; Website: www.nwicc.cc.ia.us
Special emphasis in visual/optical and liquid penetrant (with an overview of radiography). Diploma program in welding offered with AWS or ASME certification. Job placement services available.

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Northwest-Shoals Community College
800 George Wallace Blvd., Muscle Shoals, AL 35661; Contact: Jim Bonner; Phone: (256) 331-5244; Fax: (256) 389-0222; Website: www.nwscc.cc.al.us
Emphasis on ET, RT, VT, optical methods, shearography and holography; IR, LT, MT, PT and VT 20 h; ET, RT and UT 150 h; shearography 80 h.

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Palm Beach State College
4200 Congress Ave., Lake Worth, FL 33461; Contact: Gary Calloway; Phone: (561) 868-3547; Website: www.palmbeachstate.edu
This program prepares the student for entry level employment in a variety of occupations in the welding industry. The content includes communication skills, human relations, employability skills, safe and efficient work practices, reading blueprints, identifying metals and basic shop skills.

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Pellissippi State Technical Community College
10915 Hardin Valley Rd., Knoxville, TN 37933-0990; Contact: Mary Kocak; Phone: (615) 694-6512; Fax: (615) 694-6435; Website: www.pstcc.edu
NDT is a course offering under the quality control option of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology. MT 3 h; PT 3 h; UT 4 h; VT 4 h. AAS, 50 students in quality assurance; since 1991.

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Sacramento City College
3835 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento, CA 85822; Contact: Phone: (916) 558-2414; Website: http://www.scc.losrios.edu/
Offers a NDT Technician Certificate

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Salt Lake City Community College
Riverside Center NDT Department, 4600 S. Redwood Rd., Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0808; Contact: Bryce Quintana; Phone: (801) 957-2140; Website: www.slcc.edu
SLCC offers an Associate of Applied Science Degree in NDT, and Certificates of Completion in NDT – Eddy Current Technology, Radiology Testing, or Ultrasonic Technology.

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San Jacinto College
8060 Spencer Hwy., Pasadena, TX 77505; Contact: Steve Rowland; Phone: (281) 476-1501 X1689OR (281) 478-2799; Website: www.SanJac.edu/NDT
NDT program includes: VT-MT-PT (96 hrs), ET (96 hrs), UT (96 hrs), UT Flaw Sizing (96 hrs), Adv. UT (96 hrs), CWI (96 hrs), Pressure Vessels (96 hrs), Power Piping (64 hrs), Radiographic Film Interpretation (64 hrs), Testing & Inspection Systems (96 hrs), Metrology & Prints (96 hrs), Metallurgy (96 hrs), Adv. Metallurgy (96 hrs), Corrosion (64 hrs), Standards & Codes (64 hrs), Quality Assurance (64 hrs), Statistical Process Control (64 hrs), Blueprint Reading for Welders (96 hrs), [and 11 Welding courses]; A.A.S. Degrees and multiple Levels of Certificates offered in: NDT, Quality and Welding; Since 1978; Continuing Education, Incumbent Worker and Corporate training also available.

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Sinclair Community College
444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH 45402; Contact: Jim Houdeshell; Phone: (937) 512-2835; Website: www.sinclair.edu
NDT classes in ET, MT, PT, RT and UT. These classes are designed to meet SNT-TC-1A requirements. An NDT supportive course in process metrology is also offered. These courses are part of a one-year certificate in quality engineering technology and a two year degree program in quality engineering technology. Job placement services are available.

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Southeast Community College
Milford Campus, 600 State St., Milford, NE 68405; Contact: Randy Walbridge, NDT Program Chair; Phone: (402) 761-8346OR (800) 933-7223 X8346; Website: www.southeast.edu
AAS in NDT since 1979. Specific NDT program; ET 220 h; MT 90 h; PT 80 h; RT 365 h; UT 330 h; VT 80 h; radiation safety 50 h; related 775 h.

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St Louis Community College at Florissant Valley
Engineering and Technology Department, 3400 Pershall Rd., Ferguson, MO 63135-1499; Contact: Ashok Agrawal, Chair, Department of Engineering Technology; Phone: (314) 595-4308; Fax: (314) 595-2218; Website: www.stlcc.edu/fv
NDT taught as part of quality control technology program; since 1973.

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Tarrant County College
2301 Horizon Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76177; Contact: Walt Jeter; Phone: (817) 515-7100; Website: https://www.tccd.edu/
Offers a nondestructive testing program that leads to an Associate of Applied Science Degree in nondestructive testing, inspection and evaluation.