Medical Equipment Repairer

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Biomedical Electronics Technician (Biomed Electronics Tech); Biomedical Engineering Technician (Biomed Engineering Tech); Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET); Biomedical Technician (Biomed Tech); Dental Equipment Technician (Dental Equipment Tech); Durable Medical Equipment Technician (DME Tech); Medical Equipment Service Tech (Medical Equipment Service Technician); Repair Technician (Repair Tech); Service Technician (Service Tech); X-ray Service Engineer

Tasks

• 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.
• Repair shop equipment, metal furniture, or hospital equipment, including welding broken parts or replacing missing parts, or bring item into local shop for major repairs.
• Solder loose connections, using soldering iron.
• Compute power and space requirements for installing medical, dental, or related equipment and install units to manufacturers' specifications.

Knowledge

• Mechanical
• Customer and Personal Service
• Computers and Electronics
• English Language
• Engineering and Technology
• Mathematics

Skills

• Reading Comprehension
• Critical Thinking
• Active Listening
• Active Learning

Abilities

• Problem Sensitivity
• Near Vision
• Finger Dexterity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Written Comprehension
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Visualization
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Manual Dexterity
• Oral Comprehension
• Control Precision
• Visual Color Discrimination
• Oral Expression
• Written Expression
• Category Flexibility
• Flexibility of Closure
• Perceptual Speed
• Selective Attention
• Extent Flexibility
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity