The Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) exam is used by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) to demonstrate a person's command of the theory, principles, and procedures for safely using biomedical equipment.

In CBET the emphasis is on ensuring that individuals achieve high quality of performance, important for industry and business to be successful. General Competence is sometimes defined as; 'the ability to perform tasks or do work according to set standards.