These positions are within the Dental Service and must have the ability to understand, interpret and follow the dentist's prescriptions, and the ability to work to very exacting specifications and extremely close tolerances. Some of the duties include, but are not limited to:

• Adapts existing guidelines in order to carry out duties to adapt to a variety of clinical circumstances.
• Surveys master casts for partial dentures, setups and contours artificial teeth.
• Performs a variety of specialty laboratory procedures that require consideration of detailed aspects of each patient's dental anatomy.
• Surveys, interprets designs and fabricates fixed, semi-fixed removable dentures or completed dentures.
• Constructs porcelain or acrylic fixed or semi-fixed bridge restorations, full or removable partial dentures or orthodontic appliances and dental splints and obturators.
• Fabricates acrylic or cast splints for the reduction of fixation of maxillary and mandibular fractures, and obturators.
• Other duties as assigned.?

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Selected applicants may be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

English Language Proficiency: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to perform the duties of this position.

AND

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: MUST one (1) year of specialized experience equipped with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the Dental Laboratory Technician. To be creditable, this experience must be equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-6) in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: Use of dental laboratory material such as impression materials, plasters, stones, hydrocolloids, waxes, metals, acrylics, porcelain, and similar materials; use of laboratory equipment such as hand tools, dental lathes, engines, and hand pieces, furnaces, casting machines, presses, flasks, and related equipment; use of precision instruments such as articulators, surveyors, and microanalyzers; construction of dental prosthetic appliances. In addition to the experience referenced above, you may also possess the following experience: Experience using dental laboratory material such as impression materials, plasters, stones, hydrocolloids, waxes, metals, acrylics, porcelain, and similar materials; Using laboratory equipment such as hand tools, dental lathes, engines, and hand pieces, furnaces, casting machines, presses, flasks, and related equipment; Using precision instruments such as articulators, surveyors, and microanalyzers; Constructing dental prosthetic appliances. (This experience must be documented in your resume.)

OR

EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION: MUST have successfully completed one and a half (1 1/2) years of graduate level education or an internship that is directly related to the position at the next lower grade level. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)

OR

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: MUST possess equivalent combinations of education and experience, as described above, to meet the requirements for this position. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Accountability
• Quality Assurance
• Technical Competence

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Your responses to the assessment questionnaire will be reviewed along with the information provided in your resume and supporting documentation to determine if you are qualified for the position. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be lowered and/or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

• Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
• Highly qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the requirements of the job;
• Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.