Skip to Main Content

Biomedical Equipment Technicians

Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits

Students should obtain as much experience in the field as possible by participating in summer internships and part-time jobs at hospitals and biomedical equipment manufacturers and in related settings.

Biomedical equipment technicians need mechanical ability and should enjoy working with tools. Because this job demands quick decision-making and prompt repairs, technicians should work well under pressure. You should be extremely precise and accurate in your work and enjoy helping others—an essential quality for anyone working in the health care industry. You should also have good communication skills in order to work well with medical professionals and other technicians, as well as with patients (since you may be occasionally called in to repair a piece of equipment while it is in use). Finally, you should have excellent analytical thinking skills and be adaptable and flexible to positive and negative change and a considerable variety of challenges in the workplace.

Related Professions