Medical Equipment Repairers

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Research catalogs or repair part lists to locate sources for repair parts, requisitioning parts and recording their receipt.62

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.58
• Explain or demonstrate correct operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel.53
• Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.49

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Fabricate, dress down, or substitute parts or major new items to modify equipment to meet unique operational or research needs, working from job orders, sketches, modification orders, samples, or discussions with operating officials.26
• Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments.31
• Supervise or advise subordinate personnel.34

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 43 puts Medical Equipment Repairers in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 1 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 16 augmentable, and 3 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: adopt AI deliberately on the augmentable tasks and build visible evidence of the durable ones.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

• $61,660median wage
• 65,990employed
• 7,300annual openings
• +12.9%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 54
• Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 47
• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 47
• Robotics Technicians 54
• Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians 47
• Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment 36

FAQ — Medical Equipment Repairers

What does a score of 43 mean for a Medical Equipment Repairers?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 43 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Research catalogs or repair part lists to locate sources for repair parts, requisitioning parts and recording their receipt. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Fabricate, dress down, or substitute parts or major new items to modify equipment to meet unique operational or research needs, working from job orders, sketches, modification orders, samples, or discussions with operating officials; Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments; Supervise or advise subordinate personnel. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.