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Biomedical Equipment Apprentice
The Air Force provides its members the finest medical care available anywhere. Upon graduation from technical training, you will be assigned to our medical treatment facilities to maintain the latest technology in medical equipment, and you could be deployed to field locations to maintain advanced medical equipment, field communications and facility support systems. All complex electronic and electromechanical equipment, especially medical, requires extensive and precise maintenance support. While in technical training for the biomedical equipment maintenance career field, you will receive instruction on clinical applications, operation, inspection and maintenance of approximately 40 different medical devices and systems. Your hands-on training will include equipment such as dental operatory systems, steam sterilizers, electrocardiographs, defibrillators, physiological monitors, anesthesia systems, ventilators, clinical chemistry analyzers, fixed and mobile x-ray systems, field support equipment and computers. In support of this, instruction on basic and advanced principles in electronics, pneumatics, hydraulics, mechanics and other physical sciences is provided throughout the course as it applies to medical technology. Additionally, you will be taught specific procedures using tools and test equipment to perform preventive maintenance and safety inspections, mechanical and electronic troubleshooting to component level and job-related administrative actions. This is a triservice (DoD) technical training school, and you will be in training with other initial-entry and prior-service students from the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as National Guard and Reserve members. PAY CHART
- CCAF Degrees:
- Biomedical Equipment Technology
- Tech Schools:
- Sheppard AFB, TX
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