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Dental Laboratory Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
On-site Louisville, KY $62K – $80K Apply by Sep 17, 2026 Dental Laboratory Aid And Technician ISTJ Trades
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Employee will be assigned to Dental Service, VA Medical Center, Louisville, KY, functioning as a fully qualified and experienced technician and applying a full range of Dental Laboratory services and functions.
What You'll Do
- →***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Performs total fabrication of full or partial dentures, and/or dental splints.
- →Designs, fabricates, and repairs very complex dental or intra-oral maxillofacial appliances, (including, but not limited to), partial dentures, complete dentures, immediate dentures, bite raisers, surgical templates, orthodontic appliances.
- →Waxes, invests, boils out, cures, and deflasks acrylic bases for partial and complete dentures.
- →Reproduces dentures with a high degree of precision and accuracy.
- →Bends wrought wire clasps and bars to conform to the case design outlined upon the surveyed cast.
- →Submits articulated casts for partial denture framework fabrication and articulated die-systems to the Central Dental Laboratory upon receipt of the cast framework.
- →Constructs and fabricates bite raisers, cleft palate obturators, fracture splints, immediate dentures, surgical template, and orthodontic appliances.
- →Observes dental abnormalities which may present design problems which require special treatment plans or suggestions.
- →Provides training and basic dental laboratory instruction to clinic support staff.
- →Researches the best materials for use in laboratory procedures involving implants, permanent soft-liners, and light cured materials.
- →Orders and stocks laboratory supplies.
- →Performs other related duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm.
- →Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
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 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) - See "Required Documents" below for details.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓NOTE: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
Personality Fit
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