Medical Equipment Repairers

What the job really is

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.

At a glance

• Sector: Installation, Maintenance & Repair
• O*NET-SOC code: 49-9062
• O*NET job zone: 3 — medium preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
• Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
• Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments.
• Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
• Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
• Examine medical equipment or facility's structural environment and check for proper use of equipment to protect patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards and to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Install medical equipment.
• Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations.
• Plan and carry out work assignments, using blueprints, schematic drawings, technical manuals, wiring diagrams, or liquid or air flow sheets, following prescribed regulations, directives, or other instructions as required.
• Study technical manuals or attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge.
• Explain or demonstrate correct operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel.
• Research catalogs or repair part lists to locate sources for repair parts, requisitioning parts and recording their receipt.

Tools and technology

Inventory control system software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, SAP software, Salesforce software, Adjustable wrenches, Air line moisture meters, Allen wrenches, Amp meters

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Avionics Technicians
• Calibration Technologists and Technicians
• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
• Photonics Technicians
• Robotics Technicians
• Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 3 (medium preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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