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Dental technician
- Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
- Langue de travail: Anglais
- Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
- Education:
- Expérience:
Education
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Commercial dental laboratory
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Willing to relocate
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
- Train other dental technicians
- Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases
- 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
- Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
- Polish and buff dentures
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
- 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
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you authorized to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- 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
- Early morning
Experience
- 1 year to less than 2 years
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Day
- Overtime required
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Pension plan
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
- Stocks/shares
Long term benefits
- Long-term care insurance
Other benefits
- Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
- Free parking available
- On-site amenities
- Other benefits
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Parking available
- Travel insurance