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68A Biomedical Equipment Specialist

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Overview

The Biomedical Equipment Specialist performs maintenance and repairs on medical equipment and systems. This specialist also services medically related equipment and systems.

Minimum ASVAB: EL 107

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-18

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Medical Equipment Repairers

Army 68A experience maintaining and repairing medical equipment and systems directly overlaps civilian medical equipment repair work.

How to prepare: Have a prospective employer assess your documented military training and repair experience against its equipment-specific needs to identify remaining training gaps. Entry typically requires an associate’s degree or certificate in biomedical technology or a related field, but relevant military experience may qualify you without additional education; professional certification is not mandatory.

What the civilian work involves
  • Perform preventive maintenance or service, such as cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting equipment.
  • Inspect, test, or troubleshoot malfunctioning medical or related equipment, following manufacturers' specifications and using test and analysis instruments.
  • Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, or replace defective parts, such as motors, clutches, or transformers.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 68A Biomedical Equipment Specialist

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 68A (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted

    Supports: Medical Equipment Repairers (O*NET 49-9062.00)

  2. O*NET: Medical Equipment Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Medical Equipment Repairers (O*NET 49-9062.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: medical equipment repairers

    [3] How to Become One; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Medical Equipment Repairers (O*NET 49-9062.00)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 68A. Each history page explains the change.

91A1Medical Equipment Repairer91A2Medical Equipment Repairer91A3Medical Equipment Repairer91A4Medical Equipment Repairer91A5Medical Equipment Repairer

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