About this role
Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years.
Work setting: Commercial dental laboratory.
Tasks
- Design dental devices.
- Fabricate and repair crowns, bridges or implants.
- Modify dental devices including full or partial dentures, orthodontic appliances, inlays, onlays, clasps and bands.
- Prepare plaster models and moulds.
- Supervise technical staff.
- Train other dental technicians.
- Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases.
- Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory.
- Maintain and order supplies.
- Mould wax over dentures set-up.
- 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.
- Polish and buff dentures.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- 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.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.