- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
- Education : Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience : 2 years to less than 3 years
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
Dental practice
Tasks
- Prepare patients for dental examinations
- Prepare plaster models and moulds
- Supervise dental assistants in their health care functions
- Train other dental laboratory assistants
- Order dental and office supplies
- Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
- Maintain and order supplies
- Perform reception and clerical duties
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
- Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
- Finish metal framework of dentures
- Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
- Perform intra-oral duties
- Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
- Record dental procedures performed on patients
- Invoice patients for dental services
- Polish and buff dentures
- Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
- Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts
Technical expertise (dental)
- Plastering
- Packing
- Waxing-up
- Polishing
- Assembly
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS Word
Equipment, eystems and controls experience
Medical and biomedical equipment and systems
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Other benefits
Parking available
Support for persons with disabilities
Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and / or refugees with experienced employees
Support for youths
Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for youth
Support for Veterans
Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees