Health care
Dental technician
$30.00 hourly
Pay is below the local median for this work ($31.90 an hour; Job Bank, 2024)
What the posting asks for
- 2 to 3 years' experience
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 3 months to less than 1 year
- English
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Hours and terms
- 30 to 40 hours a week
- Shifts: mornings, flexible hours
- Full time, Permanent employment
- In person
Usually needed for this kind of work
- Dental technologists and technicians are required to complete a college program in dental technology or four or more years of on-the-job training under the supervision of a registered dental technologist or technician.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Dental technologists and technicians (NOC 32112). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Design, fabricate, modify or repair dental devices including full or partial dentures, orthodontic appliances, crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, clasps and bands, and implants
- Ensure proper handling and control of hazardous materials, and adhere to laboratory infection control procedures as required.
- May consult with dentists or other specialists on problematic dental cases
- May train and supervise other dental technicians and dental laboratory assistants in fabricating dentures and other dental devices
- May conduct research in the science, techniques and practice of dental technology
- May perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory.
About the employer
- Industry: Health care and social assistance
- Region: Vancouver Island and Coast Region
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