Health care
Dental assistant
$31.00 to $33.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
Pay is about the local median for this work ($31.00 an hour; Job Bank, 2023–2024)
What the posting asks for
- 2 to 3 years' experience
- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- English
From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- 30 to 40 hours a week
- Shifts: mornings, evenings, weekends
- Full time, Permanent employment
- In person
Usually needed for this kind of work
- Dental assistants require completion of an eight-month to one-year college or other program in dental assistance or completion of secondary school with on-the-job training.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Dental assistants (NOC 33100). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Prepare patients for dental examination and assist the dentist during examinations and dental treatments
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Prepare dental instruments, fillings, compounds and various dental materials
- Take and develop X-rays
- Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
- Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
About the employer
- Industry: Health care and social assistance
- Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region
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From Job Bank.