Dental Laboratory Technicians
Tasks Include:
- Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
- Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth.
- Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers.
- Place tooth models on an apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
- Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatuses.
- Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.
- Train or supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +11.7%
National: -0.5%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$46,050.00
State
$47,050.00
Regional
Dental Laboratory Technicians
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 51.74%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 18.16%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 13.23%
- Some College Courses = 7.43%
- Master's Degree = 5.68%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.89%
- Bachelor's Degree = 1.87%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 26.20%
- None = 23.93%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 13.22%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 13.05%
- Over 10 years = 12.38%
- Up to and including 1 month = 5.68%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 5.54%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 20.80%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.05%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.54%
- Up to and including 1 month = 11.34%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 10.52%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.95%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 9.44%
- None = 5.68%
- Over 10 years = 5.68%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 28.47%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 24.53%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 16.87%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 11.55%
- None or short demonstration = 5.68%
- Over 10 years = 5.68%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.84%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 2.38%
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
- Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth.
- Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers.
- Place tooth models on an apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
- Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatuses.
- Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.
- Train or supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Prepare metal surfaces for bonding with porcelain to create artificial teeth, using small hand tools.
- Create a model of patient's mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set.
- Load newly constructed teeth into porcelain furnaces to bake the porcelain onto the metal framework.
- Build and shape wax teeth, using small hand instruments and information from observations or dentists' specifications.
- Apply porcelain paste or wax over prosthesis frameworks or setups, using brushes and spatulas.
- Fill chipped or low spots in surfaces of devices, using acrylic resins.
- Prepare wax bite blocks and impression trays for use.
- Mold wax over denture setups to form the full contours of artificial gums.
- Rebuild or replace linings, wire sections, or missing teeth to repair dentures.
- Shape and solder wire and metal frames or bands for dental products, using soldering irons and hand tools.
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Dental burs (Acrylic cutters)
- Dental articulators or accessories (Adjustable articulators)
- Air compressors
- Dental laboratory air abrasion units (Air scribes)
- Amalgam carriers (Amalgam dispensers)
- Amalgam carriers (Amalgam instruments)
- Dental articulators or accessories (Anatomic articulators)
- Dental articulators or accessories (Arcon articulators)
- Dental articulators or accessories (Articulators)
- Chucks (Auto chucks)
- Dental finishing or polishing discs (Build-up brushes)
- Gas burners (Bunsen burners)
- Dental laboratory burners or torches (Casting torches)
- Laboratory balances (Clinical scales)
- Dental laboratory lathes or accessories (Conventional lathes)
- Dental laboratory model trimmers or accessories (Crown holders)
- Dental laboratory casting machines or its parts or accessories (Crucible formers)
- Crucibles for dental casting machines (Crucibles)
- Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts (Culture plates)
- Culture tubes
- Dental scalers or accessories (Curette scalers)
- Dental amalgamators
- Dental finishing or polishing discs (Dental buffing wheels)
- Dental burs
- Dental stones (Dental finishing stones)
- Dental finishing or polishing discs (Dental finishing wheels)
- Dental hand pieces or accessories (Dental handpieces)
- Binocular light compound microscopes (Dental lab microscopes)
- Dental laboratory burners or torches (Dental laboratory alcohol torches)
- Dental laboratory lathes or accessories (Dental laboratory bench lathes)
- Dental laboratory casting machines or its parts or accessories (Dental laboratory casting machines)
- Dental laboratory casting machines or its parts or accessories (Dental laboratory centrifugal casting units)
- Dental laboratory curing units (Dental laboratory curing lights)
- Dental laboratory dies (Dental laboratory die mold fabrication systems)
- Dental laboratory dust collectors
- Dental laboratory gold platers or supplies (Dental laboratory gold platers)
- Dental laboratory lathes or accessories (Dental laboratory high-speed lathes)
- Dental laboratory sandblasters or supplies (Dental laboratory microblasters)
- Dental laboratory model trimmers or accessories (Dental laboratory model trimmers)
- Dental laboratory casting machines or its parts or accessories (Dental laboratory pressure molding devices)
- Dental laboratory lathes or accessories (Dental laboratory pumice lathes)
- Dental laboratory sandblasters or supplies (Dental laboratory sandblasters)
- Dental laboratory soldering machines or supplies (Dental laboratory solderers)
- Dental laboratory burners or torches (Dental laboratory torches)
- Dental laboratory vacuum units or supplies (Dental laboratory vacuum extractors)
- Dental laboratory vacuum units or supplies (Dental laboratory vacuum formers)
- Laboratory vacuum pumps (Dental laboratory vacuum pumps)
- Dental laboratory vacuum units or supplies (Dental laboratory vacuum-mixing devices)
- Dental laboratory waxing units (Dental laboratory wax heaters)
- Milling cutters (Dental milling machines)
- Dental laboratory furnaces (Dental ovens)
- Dental plaster knives
- Orthodontic pliers (Dental pliers)
- Dental finishing or polishing discs (Dental polishing brushes)
- Dental finishing or polishing discs (Dental polishing machines)
- Dental cutting or separating discs (Dental rotary cutting equipment)
- Dental marking devices (Dental surveyors)
- Dental laboratory vibrators (Dental vibrators)
- Dental wax carvers
- Dental spatulas (Dental wax spatuals)
- Desktop computers
- Dental burs (Diamond burs)
- Dental cutting or separating discs (Diamond wheels)
- Digital cameras
- Dental pin drivers (Dowel pin drills)
- Dental laboratory furnaces (Electric burnout furnaces)
- Welders (Electric welding machines)
- Laboratory balances (Electronic precision balances)
- Mallets (Electronically operated mallets)
- Dental laboratory casting machines or its parts or accessories (Flask presses)
- Dental laboratory furnaces (Glazer vacuum furnaces)
- Dental finishing or polishing discs (Grinding machines)
- Dental impression material water baths or accessories (Hygrobaths)
- Dental impression material syringes or accessories (Impression syringes)
- Dental impression trays (Impression trays)
- Dental laboratory flasks (Injection flasks)
- Dental laboratory furnaces (Inlay furnaces)
- Laboratory beakers
- Flow sensors (Laboratory flow meters)
- Laser printers
- Binocular light compound microscopes (Light microscopes)
- Dental retainers (Matrix retainers)
- Dental instrument sharpening accessories (Mechanical dental instrument sharpeners)
- Micrometers
- Laboratory mixers (Mobile mixers)
- Dental finishing or polishing discs (Model duster brushes)
- Pestle or mortars (Mortars and pestles)
- Dental lasers (Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG dental lasers)
- Notebook computers
- Personal computers
- Workshop presses (Pneumatic presses)
- Dental laboratory furnaces (Porcelain furnaces)
- Dental knives (Porcelain slicers)
- Dental finishing or polishing discs (Prophylaxis brushes)
- Dental articulators or accessories (Semiadjustable articulators)
- Dental shades (Shade guides)
- Dental finishing or polishing discs (Soft brushes)
- Dental laboratory flasks (Split flasks)
- Dental laboratory soldering machines or supplies (Spot-welding equipment)
- Steam autoclaves or sterilizers (Steam cleaners)
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Stereo microscopes)
- Dental knives (Surgical knives)
- Ultrasonic cleaning equipment (Ultrasonic cleaners)
- Water baths
- Ultra pure water systems (Water purification systems)
Technologies Include:
- Accounting software
- Bookkeeping software
- Intuit QuickBooks software
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Scheduling software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Database management software
- Easy Solutions Easy Lab
- Inventrix Labtrac
- Jenmar International DL-Plus
- LabMagic
- Laboratory Systems Group Lab Manager
- Mainstreet Systems & Software DentaLab/PC II
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Computer imaging software
- Graphics software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Inventory management software
- Inventory management software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- Mainstreet Systems & Software DentaRX
- Microsoft Word
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Additional Resources
For a list of accredited programs in dental laboratory technology, contact:
Commission on Dental Accreditation
American Dental Association
211 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
http://www.ada.org
For information on requirements for certification, contact:
National Board for Certification in Dental Technology
1530 Metropolitan Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32308
http://www.nbccert.org/
For information on career opportunities in commercial laboratories, contact:
National Association of Dental Laboratories
1530 Metropolitan Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32308
http://www.nadl.org
General information on grants and scholarships is available from dental technology schools.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Dental Laboratory Technicians
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
69.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
69.50 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
66.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
65.25 | Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
62.75 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
61.50 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
59.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
54.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
50.25 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
59.50 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
56.25 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
53.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
75.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
72.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
72.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
65.50 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
59.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
59.50 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
59.50 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
56.25 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
56.25 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
53.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
53.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
81.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
77.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
76.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
75.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
74.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
74.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
73.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
71.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
69.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
69.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
69.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
67.75 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
67.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
67.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
66.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
64.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
62.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
62.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
61.75 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
60.50 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
57.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
56.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
55.75 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
55.25 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
54.75 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
51.75 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
51.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
51.00 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
51.00 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
94.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
86.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
82.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
81.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
81.25 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
80.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
78.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
75.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
74.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
74.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
72.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
70.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
69.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
65.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
63.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
57.75 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
55.50 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
52.83 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
96.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
95.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
94.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
94.40 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
90.80 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
88.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
88.60 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
88.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
88.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
84.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
81.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
81.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
75.00 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
75.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
72.80 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
72.20 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
70.20 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
69.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
67.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
66.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
66.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
64.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
64.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
64.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
63.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
63.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
61.80 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
58.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
57.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
54.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
53.80 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
52.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Dental Laboratory Technicians
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $30,770.00 | $46,050.00 | $58,560.00 |
Virginia | $28,870.00 | $47,050.00 | $63,830.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $38,505.50 | $53,239.08 | $65,369.42 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $32,078.71 | $50,078.31 | $89,765.58 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $33,511.64 | $52,552.32 | $74,825.67 |
Hampton Roads | $33,820.11 | $53,339.12 | $69,771.36 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | $36,675.53 | $50,600.41 | $87,447.90 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $30,105.97 | $45,103.20 | $70,632.16 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Dental Laboratory Technicians
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 36,700 | 36,500 | -0.5% |
Virginia | 752 | 840 | +11.7% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Dental Laboratory Technicians
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Military Training
The following military job classifications are available for this occupation:
- Dental Laboratory
- Not Occupationally Qualified, General
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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- Ceramist
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Related Schools
- Columbia College
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