Also called: Biomedical Equipment Technician (Imaging)
Fixes and maintains CT scanners, MRI machines, and X-ray equipment in hospitals.
You drive to a hospital where a CT scanner went down, diagnose a failed part, and get it back up so patients can be scanned. Imaging specialists earn more than general equipment repairers.
Based on medical equipment repairers; imaging specialists earn toward the higher end.
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 or electronics technology, or military training.
Ways in: 2-year college, Military, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Biomedical Equipment Technology, Electronics Technology.
Growing much faster than average (about 13% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Remote diagnostics help, but fixing CT and MRI hardware on site stays hands-on, and demand is growing.
Classes: Physics, Electronics CTE, Algebra II.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-9062.
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