This workbook will be used by radiographers and radiological technologists as well as other medical and technical staff members involved in diagnostic imaging, to: ? achieve a good working knowledge of equipment maintenance routines; ? adopt a logical and practical approach to diagnosing equipment problems; ? on returning to their respective areas after completed training, teach other members of their staff to carry out the routines or techniques that they have learned; ? assist in establishing, or implementing, a suitable routine maintenance programme; ? be encouraged to directly carry out adjustments or minor repairs, or provide suitable assistance to other staff as needed; ? provide accurate reporting of problems to seniors or service engineers; ? assist in establishing criteria for equipment replacement, where it is not cost effective to continue maintenance.