DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience using dental laboratory materials such as impression materials, plasters, stones, hydrocolloids, waxes, metals, acrylics, porcelain, and similar materials. Experience utilizing laboratory equipment such as hand tools, dental lathes, engines, and hand pieces, furnaces, casting machines, presses, flasks, and related equipment. Experience using precision instruments such as articulators, surveyors, and microanalyzers Experience constructing dental prosthetic appliances. Experience utilizing dental CAD/CAM software and hardware to design and fabricate complex restorations. Must be a Certified Dental Technician in Fixed Prosthetics. A copy of your CDT in Fixed Prosthetics is required. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/dental-laboratory-aid-and-technician-series-0683/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.