- Work Term: Permanent

- Work Language: English

- Hours: 40 hours per week

- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting- Dental practice
Tasks- Prepare patients for dental examinations
- Prepare plaster models and moulds
- Train and supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory assistants
- Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases
- Order dental and office supplies
- Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Design, fabricate or repair dental devices
- Maintain and order supplies
- Mould wax over dentures set-up
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Finish metal framework of dentures
- Supervise students in training
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
- Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
- Invoice patients for dental services
- Polish and buff dentures
- Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses - Registration with provincial or territorial authorities
- Certification by the National Dental Assisting Examining Board
Technical expertise (dental)- Plastering
- Packing
- Waxing-up
- Casting
- Polishing
- Assembly
Area of specialization- Full dentures
- Partial dentures
- Orthodontic appliances
- Crowns and bridges
- Ceramic or porcelain application
- Gold dies and goldwork
- Chrome castings
Work conditions and physical capabilities- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Team player
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Reliability





Salary: $30.00 hourly