registered dental technician (RDT)

Location

Richmond, BC | Canada

Job description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry

Experience

Experience an asset

Work setting

• Commercial dental laboratory
• Independently owned business

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare plaster models and moulds
• Train and supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory assistants
• Design, fabricate or repair dental devices
• Mould wax over dentures set-up
• Finish metal framework of dentures
• Supervise students in training
• Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
• Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
• Polish and buff dentures

Experience and specialization

Technical expertise (dental)

• Plastering
• Packing
• Waxing-up
• Casting
• Polishing
• Assembly

Area of specialization

• Full dentures
• Partial dentures
• Chrome castings

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Sitting
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Parking available

Job tags

Salary