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Dental assistant
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
- Dental practice
Tasks
- Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Ensure proper functioning of equipment
- Greet customers
- Operate computerized scanning machines
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons
- Print in 3D
- Assist physicians in the assessment of patients
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Large workload
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
- Do you live near the job location?
Employment terms options
- Day
Health benefits
- Dental plan
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site recreation and activities
- Other benefits
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: French
- Hours: 35 hours per week