A professional who inspects stainless steel tubes for conformance to customer specifications, using eddy current testing equipment. Respnsibilities include:

• Reads work order to determine tube tolerance specifications required by customer and type of electric inspection coil to use for tube inspecting.
• Positions and secures specified inspection coil in coil holder, and turns cranks to align rollers on which tubes pass through coil for inspection.
• Turns knobs to activate testing equipment.
• Observes pattern on CRT screen and turns knobs to calibrate equipment settings in accordance with customer specifications, using knowledge of equipment operation and experience.
• Selects sample tube with known defects and passes it through coil to test equipment settings.
• Listens for defect detection alarm, depresses button to stop rollers, and observes patterns on CRT screen to ensure that equipment signals and reflects known defects in sample tube.
• Positions tubes to be inspected on rollers, marks locations of detected defects on rejected tubes with marker, and places defective tubes aside.
• Periodically cycles sample tube through coil to verify standard operation of equipment.
• Records information, such as control settings and number of tubes tested, on inspection and production reports.
• Cuts through defective sections of tubing or rubs nicks on tubing to expose internal or remove surface defects, using abrasive saw and paper.