What Do Medical Equipment Repairers Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Medical Equipment Repairers test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment. They also inspect and test malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers’ specifications and using test and analysis instruments.

Other tasks include:

• Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers’ manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
• Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
• Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
• Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations.
• 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.
• Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.

We asked Medical Equipment Repairers how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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66% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 75% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Medical Equipment Repairers 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. They keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.

A typical day for a Medical Equipment Repairer will also include:

• Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
• Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition, in accordance with regulations.
• 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.
• Inspect and test malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers’ specifications and using test and analysis instruments.

We asked some Medical Equipment Repairers a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

	Do you have telephone conversations everyday in this job?	74% said yes
	How important is it to work in a team in this job?	17% said very important
	Do you have group discussions everyday in this job?	65% said yes
	Do you talk or work with customers everyday in this job?	28% said yes
	Do you have to deal with angry customers everyday in this job?	0% said yes
	Do you have to make decisions everyday in this job?	30% said yes

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Medical Equipment Repairers also compute power and space requirements for installing medical, dental, or related equipment and install units to manufacturers’ specifications. They may also supervise or advise subordinate personnel.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Medical Equipment Repairers Contribute expertise to develop medical maintenance standard operating procedures. They might also Explain or demonstrate correct operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel.

In addition, they Research catalogs or repair part lists to locate sources for repair parts, requisitioning parts and recording their receipt.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Evaluate technical specifications to identify equipment or systems best suited for intended use and possible purchase, based on specifications, user needs, or technical requirements.

To some Medical Equipment Repairers, it is also their responsibility to Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers’ manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.

Working life

Standard 40 hour work week

Regular schedule like a 9 to 5

In a typical work week as a Medical Equipment Repairer, you can expect to work 40 hour work week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery..

They also like working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. They like searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

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