Electrical Equipment Repairer

Electrical Equipment Repairer

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): San Diego, California

Salary Range: $29.92 - $34.84 Per Hour

Job Summary: Our Electrical Equipment Repairer keeps Veterans mobile with expert repair and maintenance of power wheelchairs, scooters, and manual mobility devices. Located at the Jennifer Moreno VA Medical Center in San Diego, this role supports the SCI/D team by providing reliable service that boosts independence. With skilled care and friendly support, we help Veterans stay confident and empowered with dependable mobility solutions.

Major Duties:

• Major duties include, but are not limited to the following: Communicates with both patients and staff on all information related to wheelchair/scooter status or delivery or repair to ensure there is a cooperative and well-planned office approach to patient care. Provides a central wheelchair and repair shop for expeditious service to eligible and entitled veterans. Creates significant cost savings in the repair of patient wheelchairs, scooters and rehabilitative medical equipment. Establishes work methods and procedures to test, diagnose and repair all electric/electronic components associated with motorized wheelchairs and electric-motorized 3 and 4-wheel carts that are out of factory warranty. Repairs and maintains all components of an electric wheelchair and cart to include the supporting battery charger units. Makes repairs that can be accomplished by removing, replacing, tightening, splicing, insulating and soldering defective wiring, controls, motors, power modules including intricate printed circuits, replacement of switches, relays, micro-chips, fetes, transistors and diodes. Inspected by the incumbent for acceptance or return to the vendor or factory for repair or replacement. Assembles, energizes, adjusts and tests new power wheelchairs before issuance to severely handicapped patients and accomplishes necessary modifications for hand or chin controls, various supportive or restrictive devices such as straps, belts and postural supports for maximum benefit to the patient in the operations of the power wheelchair. Maintains requesting and assignment of all tools and equipment used in the wheelchair and warehousing function. Ensure that adequate equipment and tools are on hand to ensure the capability to repair all updated components of the power/manual wheelchairs and carts. Installs of oxygen tank holders, seat height adjustment, robotic arms, environmental control switches, remote switch controls, installation of custom molded seating systems, etc. Performs installation of various postural support devices such as straps, belts and supports for maximum benefit to the patient in the operations of the wheelchair. Assists the clinical Wheelchair Clinic team and P&SAS staff in determining the most appropriate vehicle lift based upon the medical equipment prescribed, the type of vehicle and the Veteran's physical limitations. Support centralized and efficient line of communication for patients related to the repair of patient wheelchairs, scooters and rehabilitative medical equipment through approved modifications completed at the facility level. Provides education to patients, family members, and/or caregivers on basic maintenance and service recommendations of power and manual wheelchairs. Performs all duties of a Warehouseman in the Therapy Services - Wheelchair Repair Section of SCI/D HCG. Sets the overall guidelines for warehousing techniques including space utilization, cleanliness, stock rotation and safety precautions. Possess a government purchase card (not to exceed the current single purchase limit) and complete the required annual purchase card training. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 7:00AM - 3:30PM Monday through Friday Position Description Title/PD#: Electrical Equipment Repairer/PD148620 Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/27/2025. EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards. SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements: Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision Administration and Management Analysis and Problem Solving Customer Service Facilities Operations Support Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: The incumbent must be physically able to lift and handle heavy objects while assembling, repairing and installing various electrical/mechanical apparatus related to the trade. He/she is also required to push, pull, reach, walk, stand, crawl, kneel, bend and to work from ladders and scaffolds over and around equipment for extended periods of time.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 11/27/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12831036. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Application Deadline: 2025-11-27