This technical specialty course is one of thirty-five courses designed for use by two-year postsecondary institutions in five nuclear technician curriculum areas: (1) radiation protection technician, (2) nuclear instrumentation and control technician, (3) nuclear materials processing technician, (4) nuclear quality-assurance/quality-control technician, and (5) nuclear reactor (plant) operator trainee. This course, Metrology, contains eight modules: Fundamentals of Metrology; Fixed Gages, Dividers, Calipers, and Micrometers; Gage Blocks, Mechanical Comparators, and Electronic Comparators; Angle Measurement Instruments, Optical Projectors, and Surface Texture Gages; Tolerancing; Calibrations; Statistics Techniques in Metrology; and The Total Measurement System. Each module follows a typical format including the following sections: introduction, module prerequisites, objectives, subject matter, exercises, materials, procedures, data tables, reference materials, and tests. (A master index and suggested program planning guides are also available--see CE 026 856 and CE 026 639-643.) (LRA)