Dental Laboratory Technician Assistant

Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma
- Experience:
Will train
**Work setting**:
- Commercial dental laboratory
- Independently owned business
**Tasks**:
- Prepare plaster models and moulds
- Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases
- Design, fabricate or repair dental devices
- Mould wax over dentures set-up
- Finish metal framework of dentures
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
- Polish and buff dentures
**Technical expertise (dental)**:
- Plastering
- Packing
- Waxing-up
- Casting
- Polishing
**Area of specialization**:
- Full dentures
- Partial dentures
- Chrome castings
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Sitting
**Personal suitability**:
- Flexibility
- Team player
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Reliability
**Screening questions**:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Health benefits**:
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
**Other benefits**:
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available
- Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language:
English
- Hours:
40 hours per week