Summary
Installs and services dental office equipment. Repairs or replaces defective or worn parts. Performs routine servicing of equipment. May install and repair dental plumbing. Installs, services, tests, and calibrates dental x-ray equipment.
Skills
General Administration
Maintain equipment records. Prepare reports. Maintain files and directives. Dispose of obsolete files and records.
Technical Administration
Use technical charts, diagrams, and schematics. Maintain technical library.
Test Equipment
Operate general purpose test equipment. Maintain test equipment. Calibrate dental x-ray equipment and other dental equipment.
Safety
Conform to prescribed safety practices. Conform to prescribed standards for hazardous materials.
Logistics
Inventory dental equipment, tools, and supplies. Order supplies and tools.
Personnel
Assist personnel is user operation and maintenance of equipment. Use sound principles of customer relations at customer contact points.
Installation
Prepare site for installation of equipment. Conform to local/national building codes. Install all types of dental equipment. Lay out templates and plans for installation. Demonstrate the ability to use measuring devices. Prepare different types of material for soldering, brazing, riveting, and electrical connections.
Electro/Mechanical Maintenance
Demonstrate the ability to operate electric and pneumatic tools properly. Demonstrate the ability to use different types of hand tools properly. Troubleshoot, repair, and perform preventive maintenance procedures on: Air and water systems, patient positioning chairs, intra-oral and panoramic x-ray machines, automatic x-ray film processors, sterilization systems, dental hand pieces and syringes, prosthetic equipment, and dental support equipment systems.
