Technicians will often be asked these tasks:

• Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles.

Any supervisor should excel at:

• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment.
• Detecting or assessing problems whether real or potential.
• Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

• Inspecting and testing malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers’ specifications and using testing and analysis instruments.
• Examining medical equipment or facility’s structural environment and checking for proper using of equipment for protecting patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards and for ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
• Disassembling malfunctioning equipment and removing, repairing, or replacing defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.
• Keeping records of maintenance, repairing, and required updates of equipment.
• Performing preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
• Testing or calibrating components or equipment, following manufacturers’ manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
• Explaining or demonstrating the adequate operation or preventive maintenance of medical equipment to personnel.