Offered and certified by the College of Biomedical Equipment Technology — a degree-granting institution. Enrollment and the certificate are issued by CBET.
Beginner Linac Service Technician Course
The accessible, certificate-granting on-ramp to medical linac service — for career-changers with no oncology background, and the clinics that want to grow service talent.
A self-paced, online course covering the basic principles of medical linear accelerators and cancer centre operations. Work through readings, videos, and virtual linac labs at your own pace, with email access to an instructor and platform support — no clinical hardware or prior experience needed.
The course is built by Linax on the SIMAC platform and purchased directly from the College of Biomedical Equipment Technology, which grants and stands behind the certificate.
What you'll learn
Enough foundation to communicate with service teams, understand how the beam is generated, and follow the clinical workflow.
- Linac fundamentals — how a medical linear accelerator generates its beam, at a high level.
- Clinical workflow — how a cancer center operates and where service fits.
- Professional practice — communicate confidently with service and physics teams.
What's included
- 2 component lessons · 7 virtual linac labs
- Professional Practice module — 7 chapters
- Quiz for each lesson, lab, and module · bonus chapter on Canadian regs
- SIMAC Free access · materials for a full year
- Private instructor email · covers Varian & Elekta
- CBET-granted certificate upon successful completion
- Teams: course-monitoring dashboard
College of Biomedical Equipment Technology
CBET is a private, veteran-owned, degree granting college specializing in Healthcare Technology Management and IT training, with online and hybrid BMET programs. You enroll and pay through CBET, and the certificate you earn is issued and backed by the college — not a course-completion badge from a software vendor.
- Degree-granting institution — accredited BMET programs, not a standalone online course.
- CBET backs the certificate — awarded on passing every quiz at 70% or better.
- Purchased at cbet.edu — enrollment, tuition and student support are handled by the college.
- Built by Linax — course content, virtual linac labs and the SIMAC platform come from us.
Who it's for
Technically capable people with no oncology background, looking for a way in.
Overwhelmed by a new environment and unsure of the full journey ahead.
Hire from a wider pool and onboard with structured, repeatable training.
What it does — and doesn't do today
This is a foundational, high level on-ramp. It builds the knowledge to enter the field and communicate, but does not focus on detailed component repair or region specific compliance.
- ›Builds foundational knowledge with no prior experience needed
- ›Hands-on practice via virtual linac labs, available in any language
- ›Coverage of Varian & Elekta systems
- ›Grants a certificate clinics can use for structured onboarding
- ›High-level linac functionality — not detailed model teaching
- ›Does not address responding to specific machine faults
- ›Radiation-safety & OH&S content is Canada-specific; not yet regionalized
Two product families, one platform.
SIMAC Training products teach the machine — every one of them includes SIMAC Learning and the Education edition of SIMAC Machine. SIMAC Digital Twin products model your machine — sold per machine, per beam model, and all built on SIMAC Machine as the base.
Includes SIMAC Learning + SIMAC Machine or free SIMAC access
Per machine, per beam model · requires SIMAC Machine · buy as a bundle
2 component lessons, 7 virtual linac labs, a 7-chapter Professional Practice module, a quiz for each lesson, lab and module, a full year of access, private instructor email, free SIMAC access, and a CBET certificate at 70%.
The Advanced Service Course. Beginner builds fundamentals - get it for free when you purchase the Advanced Service Course.
What people say after taking it.
See what technicians are saying.
"Good content. Some (linac) concepts are hard to grasp when you are new to the subject but having simulators available is helpful and less stressful."
"This course will help me and any students understand linac concepts in practice much quicker than without the course."
"I enjoyed the course, I think the delivery and interaction (labs and tests) work well."