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Dental Lab Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Salt Lake City, UT $50K – $73K Apply by Jun 24, 2026 Dental Laboratory Aid And Technician INTP HealthcareTrades
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The purpose of this position is to serve as a mid-level dental laboratory technician. The work requires a high degree of skill and precision, a working knowledge of the general contour of supporting tissues, and articulation of its application to the fabrication of restorations and/or appliances. High-quality work is expected, and will be evaluated by the dental laboratory technician of higher grade, supervisor, or the requesting dentist, but is expected to perform all duties independently.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but not limited to: GS-07 Developmental Capacity - Performs a full range of conventional fixed and/or removable prosthodontic procedures for cases that do not involve significant oral abnormalities.
- →Independently fabricates fixed or removable partial dentures and complete dentures using established designs, standard materials, and prescribed techniques, relying on the dentist's prescriptions and/or guidance from higher-graded technicians for complex or atypical cases.
- →Work assignments typically involve conventional appliances in which tooth form, occlusion, and supporting structures fall within normal anatomical limits, and the incumbent seeks supervisory or higher-level technical assistance when design, fit, or esthetics present unusual problems.
- →Plans and carries out the successive step and handles problems and deviations in work assignments in accordance with standard practices and written procedures.
- →Unusual problems that develop are referred to the prescribing dentist and/or supervisor for assistance.
- →Uses judgment in selecting and adapting techniques, procedures and materials most appropriate for the specific condition of each patient.
- →Situations requiring deviation from the guidelines are referred to a higher graded technician and/or staff dentist.
- →GS-08 - Incumbent uses dental laboratory materials such as impression materials, stones, waxes, acrylics as well as the use of laboratory equipment such as hand tools, dental lathes, vacuum former, model trimmers, handpieces, and articulators.
- →Receives and pours impressions with proper dental stone for study casts and master casts for complete and partial removable dentures including boxing and beading, trimming and mounting casts as needed.
- →Receives and pours impressions with proper dental stone for crowns, fixed partial dentures, and implants.
- →Incumbent will also be expected to pour casts and perform minor removable prosthesis repairs with assistance.
- →Fabrications of prosthesis include stonework, articulation, setting of teeth, recontouring, actual fabrication, adjusting occlusion, and finishing for inserting into the patient's mouth.
- →Incumbent uses dental laboratory materials and equipment noted above as well as the digital scanner, sandblaster, and pumice station.
- →Fabricates both hard and soft dental splints as per laboratory prescription.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Most recent SF-50 for current or former Federal employee - noting your current position or most recently held position, tenure, type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive), grade level and duty location.
- ✓(Text version SF-50s or Request for Personnel Action SF-52s are not acceptable.) For current Federal employees, the SF-50 must be effective the first pay period of the current year or later.
Personality Fit
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