I'm also quite interested in this field. What rainingzero said is true, if u did learned about materials in ur course..then u'r halfway to this job d. Thus, hving mechanical engineering and/or metallurgical engineering background is really an advantage for that reason. Coz u learned the practical solutions (design, production, manufacturing) of using metal in the industry and I think almost industry use metal in some way. Inspection engineer also involves wider scope, which if simple state it - overseeing the planning and coordination of all inspection-related activities within the plant/device/product. I think u can get big money when u get into O&G company as Inspection Engineer, where u could then get API cert in ur later years to boost up ur value in the O&G industry. U mentioned NDT, if u'r still studying then I suggest do ur final project on this hehe.

I actually did something about NDT, for my masters thesis..coz im interested in NDT. But then my background is E&E, I found it hard to get into the field with E&E.

This post has been edited by thesurveyor: Mar 19 2009, 07:48 PM