Work Term: Permanent
Work Language: English
Hours: 40 hours per week
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience: Experience an asset or equivalent experience
Work Setting:
- Commercial dental laboratory
- Dental practice
- Denturist's practice
- Independently owned business
- Specialty dental practice
Tasks:
- Prepare plaster models and moulds
- Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory
- Design, fabricate or repair dental devices
- Maintain and order supplies
- Mould wax over dentures set-up
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
- Polish and buff dentures
- Order dental and office supplies
- Perform reception and clerical duties
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
Supervision: 1 to 2 people
Technical expertise (dental):
- Plastering
- Packing
- Waxing-up
- Polishing
- Assembly
Area of specialization:
- Full dentures
- Partial dentures
- Chrome castings
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check
- Bondable
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Repetitive tasks
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sitting
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability:
- Judgement
- Team player
- Initiative
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Reliability
Screening questions:
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
- What is your current level of study?
Internship: This position is a paid internship that encourages on-the-job training and skill development.
Other benefits: Free parking available.