Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

• Health-Equipment Servicer
• Respiratory-Therapy Aide
• Reuse Technician

• Assist hospital staff with patient care duties such as providing transportation or setting up traction.
• Attend hospital in-service programs related to areas of work specialization.
• Check sterile supplies to ensure that they are not outdated.
• Clean instruments to prepare them for sterilization.
• Deliver equipment to specified hospital locations or to patients' residences.
• Disinfect and sterilize equipment such as respirators, hospital beds, and oxygen and dialysis equipment, using sterilizers, aerators, and washers.
• Examine equipment to detect leaks, worn or loose parts, or other indications of disrepair.
• Install and set up medical equipment, using hand tools.
• Maintain records of inventory and equipment usage.
• Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
• Organize and assemble routine and specialty surgical instrument trays and other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed.
• Purge wastes from equipment by connecting equipment to water sources and flushing water through systems.
• Record sterilizer test results.
• Report defective equipment to appropriate supervisors or staff.
• Start equipment and observe gauges and equipment operation to detect malfunctions and to ensure equipment is operating to prescribed standards.

• apply cleaning solvents
• clean equipment or machinery
• ensure equipment is operating to prescribed standards
• examine equipment to detect disrepair
• inspect machinery or equipment to determine adjustments or repairs needed
• inventory medical supplies or instruments
• lift or transport ill or injured patients
• maintain records, reports, or files
• monitor equipment or machine operation to detect problems
• prepare supplies or equipment for surgery
• record test results, test procedures, or inspection data
• set up medical oxygen equipment
• set up or calibrate laboratory equipment
• set up patient care equipment
• sterilize or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment
• sterilize or disinfect instruments
• use hand or power tools
• use medical diagnostic equipment
• use respiratory equipment