Also called: BMET, Biomed Tech
Inspects, maintains, and repairs medical equipment inside hospitals.
Makes rounds checking defibrillators, fixes an IV pump that's showing errors, calibrates patient monitors, and gets called to the OR when a surgical light flickers. The military trains many BMETs.
BLS May 2024 (medical equipment repairers).
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate degree in biomedical equipment technology, or military training.
Ways in: 2-year college, Military, Certification. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Biomedical Equipment Technology (associate).
Growing much faster than average (about 11% over 10 years). Much faster than average.
Low risk for 10 years. Smart devices self-report faults; inspecting, calibrating and repairing equipment by hand across the hospital stays human.
Classes: Electronics CTE, Physics, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9062.
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