Will AI replace Medical Equipment Repairers?
Estimated risk score: 39 out of 100
Lower replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (20 to 58).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 19 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 49-9062.00 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 4 of its 19 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
- Study technical manuals or attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge.
- Make computations relating to load requirements of wiring or equipment, using algebraic expressions and standard formulas.
- Research catalogs or repair part lists to locate sources for repair parts, requisitioning parts and recording their receipt.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 11 of its 19 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
- Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
- Solder loose connections, using soldering iron.
- 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.
- Explain or demonstrate correct operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel.
- Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
What the job is
Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.
Also called: Biomedical Technician (Biomed Tech), Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET), Biomedical Electronics Technician (Biomed Electronics Tech), BMET, CBET, DME Tech, Biomed Tech, DME Repairer.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate