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Maintain medical equipment or instruments

Work activity · O*NET

Maintain medical equipment or instruments is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. 38 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Maintain medical equipment or instruments
  • Maintain medical laboratory equipment
  • Repair medical facility equipment
  • Repair medical or dental assistive devices

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 100.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 0.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 100.0% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 3rd pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 2
Cytotechnologists 2
Dental Laboratory Technicians 2
Endoscopy Technicians 2
Exercise Physiologists 2
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists 2
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 2
Neurodiagnostic Technologists 2
Nurse Anesthetists 2
Occupational Therapy Aides 2
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians 2
Respiratory Therapists 2
Anesthesiologist Assistants 1
Athletic Trainers 1
Critical Care Nurses 1
Cytogenetic Technologists 1
Dental Hygienists 1
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 1
Emergency Medical Technicians 1
Hearing Aid Specialists 1
Histology Technicians 1
Histotechnologists 1
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists 1
Medical Appliance Technicians 1
Medical Equipment Preparers 1
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians 1
Nuclear Medicine Technologists 1
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 1
Occupational Therapy Assistants 1
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 1
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists 1
Opticians, Dispensing 1
Pharmacy Aides 1
Pharmacy Technicians 1
Phlebotomists 1
Physical Therapist Aides 1
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 1
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 32 occupations in occupations that perform Maintain medical equipment or instruments.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Medical Equipment Preparers Physical Therapist Aides Occupational Therapy Aides Dental Laboratory Technicians Dental Hygienists Phlebotomists Respiratory Therapists Anesthesiologist Assistants Occupational Therapy Assistants Nurse Anesthetists Athletic Trainers Opticians, Dispensing Critical Care Nurses Pharmacy Technicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Maintain medical equipment or instruments., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Maintain medical equipment or instruments." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-medical-equipment-or-instruments

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Maintain medical equipment or instruments. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-medical-equipment-or-instruments

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-maintain-medical-equipment-or-instruments,
  title  = {Maintain medical equipment or instruments},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-medical-equipment-or-instruments}
}

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