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Where a medical device engineering technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical device engineering technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Medical device engineering technicians collaborate with medical device engineers in the design, development and production of medical-technical systems, installations, and equipment such as pacemakers, MRI machines, and X-ray devices. They build, install, inspect, modify, repair, calibrate, and maintain medical-technical equipment and support systems. Medical device engineering technicians are responsible for the operational readiness, safe use, economic operation and the appropriate procurement of medical equipment and facilities in hospitals.

Also known as technologist in biomedical equipment, medical appliance technician, medical equipment technician, technician of biomedical equipment, medical device technician, medical device repairer, medical device inspector, BMET, medical device calibrator, biomedical equipment technologist, technician in medical devices, biomedical equipment technician.

Technicians and associate professionals 79 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: pneumatic systems technician, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
pneumatic systems technician 75% covered forge equipment technician 71% covered moulding machine technician 69% covered agricultural machinery techni… 67% covered industrial machinery mechanic 65% covered medical device engineerin… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from medical device engineering technician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical device engineering technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A medical device engineering technician needs 34 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • medical device regulations health and welfare
  • medical device test procedures health and welfare
  • manufacture medical devices handling and moving
  • repair medical devices handling and moving
  • test medical devices information skills
  • medical devices materials health and welfare
  • maintain medical devices working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • biomedical engineering health and welfare
  • medical devices health and welfare
  • wear cleanroom suit assisting and caring
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Medical device engineering technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a medical device engineering technician’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.