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Job Description

Overview

Join the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs as an Adaptive Equipment Technician to support residents who rely on specialized devices. This role involves using hands-on skills to build, repair, and maintain important equipment that enhances comfort and independence.

Responsibilities

  • Choose proper materials and operate hand and power tools to construct, modify, maintain, and repair adaptive equipment.
  • Machine, shape, and assemble parts for specialized assistive and therapeutic devices based on resident needs.
  • Construct, modify, and repair orthopedic shoes and devices according to prescriptions.
  • Restore and adjust equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, scooters, braces, and other devices used for mobility and therapy.
  • Operate machines used for shaping wood, metal, plastics, rubber, cloth, leather, and related materials.
  • Order durable medical equipment, maintain inventory, and work with vendors to meet resident needs.

Requirements

  • Two years of experience in the fabrication, assembly, or repair of adaptive equipment.
  • Ability to perform essential job functions.
  • Satisfactory criminal history reports, including PA State Police and FBI clearance.

Benefits

  • None specified.

Additional Information

  • Full-time employment (7.5 hours per day/37.5 hours per week).
  • Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
  • No telework option available.
  • Starting salary may be non-negotiable.
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Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$36/hr across 169 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Philadelphia County, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Philadelphia County, PA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 324 other active welding openings from 215 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 5 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Greene Tweed (9), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $36/hr and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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