Individual Occupational Requirements for

GS-683:    Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician Series

Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction with the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Technical and Medical Support Positions."

Specialized Experience (for positions at GS-4 and above: Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

• 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.

OR

Education and Training:

For GS-3:	Successful completion of the first full year (9 months) of the 2-year program of study and training in dental technology in a school for dental laboratory technicians approved by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association.
For GS-4:	Successful completion of a full 2-year program (18 months) of study and training in dental technology as described above for GS-3.
For GS-5:	Successful completion of an approved apprenticeship program consisting of at least 2000 hours a year for 3 years.
For GS-6:	Successful completion of a full 4-year apprenticeship program consisting of at least 2000 hours a year.

The successful completion of training courses in dental laboratory work in the Armed Forces or other Federal agencies will be allowed appropriate credit for specialized experience on a month-for-month basis up through GS-5.

Licensed professional dentists will be considered qualified for any grade level if they have, in the aggregate, the required experience in dental laboratory procedures.

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