Have the skills and knowledge to set up and standardize penetrant black lights, process a known defect standard and accept/reject the results, take measurements of pressure and water gauges, evaluate the in use penetrant, evaluate the in use developer

Have the skills and knowledge to apply penetrant to aerospace parts in a manner that is acceptable to aerospace specifications, understand required dwell times for penetrant, wash penetrant off parts in accordance with aerospace prime specifications and control the materials in accordance with specifications.

Have the skills and knowledge to control developer dwell times as well as understand the specifics of the evaluation process required by all aerospace OEM specifications.

Have the skills and knowledge to determine if an aerospace part is acceptable or rejectable when evaluating in accordance with an aerospace OEM specifications.

Be thoroughly familiar with the scope and limitations of Penetrant inspection using a Type I, Method A, form d system.

Be capable of providing the necessary guidance and/or supervision to trainees and Level 1 personnel

Be familiar with the penetrant OEM aerospace specifications, aerospace industry specifications that apply to penetrant inspection, and inspection criteria within specifications used by the employer.

Be capable of developing part specific techniques in accordance with customer requests. Techniques require general information on how the part is to be processed. Such techniques shall require final approval by a Level 3 certified in the method

Have a basic knowledge of the other departments within an aerospace processing facility, i.e. pre-penetrant etching and cleaning, post cleaning, pre-treatment, masking, shot peen, paint.