"ELECTROMEDICAL-EQUIPMENT REPAIRER"
Job Description and Jobs
DOT: 729.281-030
Tests and repairs electromedical equipment, such as electrocardiographs, electroencephalographs, sterilizers, operating room lamps and tables, and diathermy machines, following schematic diagrams and using handtools and test meters: Tests electrical circuits and components to locate shorts, faulty connections, and defective parts, using test meters.
Solders loose connections and replaces defective parts, such as tubes, transformers, resistors, condensers, and switches, using handtools and soldering iron. Disassembles equipment and repairs or replaces faulty mechanical parts, such as control lever mechanisms and water impellers. Adjusts and repairs stylus, graph, and other recording mechanisms. May replace x-ray tubes. May be designated according to type of machine or equipment repaired as Diathermy-Equipment Repairer (any industry); Electrocardiograph Repairer (any industry).
