Wheelchair Electronics Technician — Full-Time Repair & Testing

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs at the Denver VA Medical Center in Aurora, CO seeks an Electrical Equipment Repairer - Wheelchair Technician to test, diagnose, maintain, and repair manual and power wheelchairs, scooters, and walkers.

Responsibilities include using a range of test equipment per technical orders, inspecting and adjusting electronic controls for navigation, fabricating parts, and maintaining inventory. Typical schedule is Mon-Fri, 7:00am-5:30pm, with benefits as per VA policy.

Responsibilities

• Uses voltmeters, ohmmeters, field multi-meters, circuit testers and battery chargers according to interpretation in the technical orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, and assembled and non-assembled micro-switches, multi-control switches to manufactures specifications.
• Energizes, adjusts, and tests new manual/power wheelchairs, scooters, and walkers before it is issued.
• Adjusts the various electronic controls used by the head, chin or hand to navigate the equipment.
• Fabricates parts for special applications to manual and power wheelchairs, scooters, or walkers and adjusts the restrictive devices such as belts, straps and postural supports.
• Repairs, modifies, assembles, and tests a variety of electrical equipment for DC motors on a wide assortment of electrical wheelchairs.
• Checks and repairs gears and clutches, when necessary, also replaces and repairs items such as brushes, seals, bearings or armatures.
• Performs specific checks to measure resistance, voltage, and capacity using a wide range of automatic test equipment (ATE) and other specialized test equipment, performing both the pretest and the final checkout of electrical equipment.
• Maintains an inventory of all wheelchair parts, manual and electric to properly and timely repair the equipment for the veterans.
• Sanitizes the equipment before repairing it, by following the local infection control policy.
• Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday; 7:00am-5:30pm.

Job description

The Department of Veterans Affairs at the Denver VA Medical Center in Aurora, CO seeks an Electrical Equipment Repairer - Wheelchair Technician to test, diagnose, maintain, and repair manual and power wheelchairs, scooters, and walkers.

Responsibilities include using a range of test equipment per technical orders, inspecting and adjusting electronic controls for navigation, fabricating parts, and maintaining inventory. Typical schedule is Mon-Fri, 7:00am-5:30pm, with benefits as per VA policy.