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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment. | Inspect and test malfunctioning medical and related equipment following manufacturers' specifications, using test and analysis instruments. | |||
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Examine medical equipment and 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. | ||||
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Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair and replace defective parts such as motors, clutches or transformers. | ||||
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Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment. | ||||
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Perform preventive maintenance or service such as cleaning, lubricating and adjusting equipment. | ||||
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Test and calibrate components and equipment following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools and measuring devices. | ||||
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Explain and demonstrate correct operation and preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel. | ||||
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Study technical manuals and attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge. | ||||
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Plan and carry out work assignments, using blueprints, schematic drawings, technical manuals, wiring diagrams, and liquid and air flow sheets, following prescribed regulations, directives, and other instructions as required. | ||||
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Solder loose connections, using soldering iron. | ||||
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Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition in accordance with regulations. | ||||
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Research catalogs and repair part lists to locate sources for repair parts, requisitioning parts and recording their receipt. | ||||
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Evaluate technical specifications to identify equipment and systems best suited for intended use and possible purchase based on specifications, user needs and technical requirements. | ||||
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Contribute expertise to develop medical maintenance standard operating procedures. | ||||
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Compute power and space requirements for installing medical, dental or related equipment and install units to manufacturers' specifications. | ||||
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Supervise and advise subordinate personnel. | ||||
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Repair shop equipment, metal furniture, and hospital equipment, including welding broken parts and replacing missing parts, or bring item into local shop for major repairs. | ||||
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Make computations relating to load requirements of wiring and equipment, using algebraic expressions and standard formulas. | ||||
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Fabricate, dress down, or substitute parts or major new items to modify equipment to meet unique operational or research needs, working from job orders, sketches, modification orders, samples or discussions with operating officials. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Electromedical and Biomedical Equipment Repairers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Equipment Selection | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Computerized maintenance management system CMMS software | Facilities management software | |||
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Medical equipment diagnostic software | Medical software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Adjustable wrenches | Adjustable wrenches | |||
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Air line moisture meters | Moisture meters | |||
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Allen wrenches | Hex keys | |||
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Amp meters | Voltage or current meters | |||
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Analytical balances | Analytical balances | |||
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Antistatic alignment tools | Alignment jig | |||
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Antistatic floor mats | Anti static floor mats | |||
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Audio meters | Acoustic sensors | |||
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Awls | Awls | |||
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Cable cutters | Wire or cable cutters | |||
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Channel lock pliers | Locking pliers | |||
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Chemical analyzers | Chemistry analyzers | |||
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Cold chisels | Cold chisels | |||
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Combination squares | Squares | |||
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Computed tomography CT calibration phantoms | Medical computed tomography CT or CAT quality assurance or calibration phantoms or devices | |||
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Conductance meters | Conductivity meters | |||
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Conduit bending tools | Conduit benders | |||
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Continuity testers | Circuit tester | |||
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Cordless drills | Power drills | |||
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Crescent wrenches | Open end wrenches | |||
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Defibrillator analyzers | Cardiac pacemaker generators or implantable defibrillators or accessories | |||
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Densitometers | Densitometers | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Desoldering tools | Soldering or desoldering or combined stations | |||
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Diagonal cutting pliers | Diagonal cut pliers | |||
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Differential photometers | Photometers | |||
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Digital force gauges | Compression testers | |||
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Digital mAs meters | Medical x ray quality assurance or calibration devices | |||
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Digital multifunction analyzers | Network analyzers | |||
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Digital multimeters | Multimeters | |||
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Digital storage oscilloscopes DSO | Oscilloscopes | |||
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Digital voltmeters DVM | Voltage or current meters | |||
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Dosimetry badges | Medical radiation films or badges | |||
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Electrical surgical unit analyzers | Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment or accessories or related products | |||
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Electrician's hammers | Hammers | |||
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Electrician's pliers | Linemans pliers | |||
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Electricians' knives | Utility knives | |||
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Fetal monitor simulators | Acute care fetal or maternal monitoring units or accessories | |||
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Flow meters | Flow sensors | |||
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Frequency counters | Frequency counters or timer or dividers | |||
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Hacksaws | Saws | |||
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Half-round files | Files | |||
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Hand tachometers | Tachometers | |||
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High voltage probes | Voltage or current meters | |||
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Infusion pump testers | Intravenous infusion pump analyzers or sensors | |||
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Insulated wire cutters | Wire cutters | |||
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Laptop computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Long nose pliers | Longnose pliers | |||
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Lung simulators | Ventilator accessories | |||
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Magnetic resonance imaging MRI calibration phantoms | Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI quality assurance or calibration phantoms or devices | |||
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Magnetic torpedo levels | Levels | |||
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Magnetic tweezers | Tweezers | |||
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Measuring tapes | Tape measures | |||
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Megohmmeters | Megohmmeters | |||
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Multi-gas analyzers | Multi gas monitors | |||
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Needlenose pliers | Needlenose pliers | |||
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Neon testers | Voltage or current meters | |||
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Non-contact voltage probes | Voltage or current meters | |||
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Non-invasive blood pressure NIBP simulators | Blood pressure measuring instrument accessories | |||
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Nut drivers | Nut drivers | |||
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Optical compound microscopes | Binocular light compound microscopes | |||
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Oscilloscopes | Oscilloscopes | |||
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Oxygen test meters | Oxygen gas analyzers | |||
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Patient simulators | Frequency calibrator or simulator | |||
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Personal digital assistants PDA | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Phase rotation meters | Phasemeters | |||
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Phillips head screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Pipe wrenches | Pipe wrenches | |||
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Power screwdrivers | Power screwguns | |||
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Power tap tools | Power drills | |||
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Precision knives | Utility knives | |||
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Precision levels | Levels | |||
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Pressure gauges | Pressure indicators | |||
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Pressure meters | Pressure indicators | |||
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Pressure vacuum meters | Pressure or vacuum recorders | |||
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Pulse oximetry test systems | Pulse oximeter unit accessories | |||
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Pump pliers | Adjustable widemouth pliers | |||
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Putty knives | Putty knives | |||
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Rat tail files | Files | |||
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Safety glasses | Safety glasses | |||
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Safety goggles | Goggles | |||
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Side cutting pliers | End cut pliers | |||
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Socket wrenches | Sockets | |||
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Soldering guns | Soldering irons or guns | |||
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Spectrum analyzers | Frequency analyzers | |||
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Straight screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Tin snips | Tinners snips | |||
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Torx drivers | Torx keys | |||
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Ultrasound leakage testers | Medical ultrasound or doppler or echo transducers or accessories | |||
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Ultrasound wattmeters | Wattmeters | |||
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Ventilator analyzers | Ventilator accessories | |||
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Wire crimpers | Wire lug crimping tool | |||
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Wire strippers | Stripping tools | |||
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Wrist anti-static straps | Antistatic wrist straps | |||
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pH indicators | pH meters | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Bio Medical Technician | |||
Biomedical Electronics Technician | |||
Biomedical Engineering Technician (BMET) | |||
Biomedical Equipment Specialist | |||
Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET) | |||
Biomedical Repair Technician | |||
Biomedical Service Technician | |||
Biomedical Technician | |||
Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) | |||
Clinical Engineer | |||
Clinical Engineering Specialist | |||
Coil Repair Technician | |||
Cryogenics Repairer | |||
Dental Equipment Installer and Servicer | |||
Dental Equipment Mechanic | |||
Dental Equipment Repairer | |||
Dental Equipment Technician | |||
Durable Medical Equipment Repairer | |||
Durable Medical Equipment Technician (DME Tech) | |||
Electric Brain Wave Equipment Mechanic | |||
Electromedical Equipment Repairer | |||
Electromedical Equipment Technician | |||
Electronic Technician | |||
Engineering Technician | |||
Field Service Engineer | |||
Field Service Representative | |||
Field Service Technician | |||
Hearing Aid Mechanic | |||
Hearing Aid Repairer | |||
Hearing Aid Technician | |||
Laser Test Technician | |||
Radiological Equipment Specialist | |||
Radiology Equipment Servicer | |||
Radiology Service Engineer | |||
Repair Technician | |||
Service Engineer | |||
Service Technician | |||
Surgical Instrument Mechanic | |||
Test Technician | |||
X-ray Processor Service Technician | |||
X-ray Service Engineer | |||
X-ray Service Technician | |||
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