Individual Occupational Requirements for
GS-683: Dental Laboratory Aid and Technician Series
The text below is extracted verbatim from
Section IV-B of the Operating Manual for Qualification Standards
for General Schedule Positions (p.IV-B-123), but contains minor edits
to conform to web-page requirements.
Use these individual occupational requirements in conjunction with
the "Group Coverage Qualification Standard for
Technical and Medical Support Positions."
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
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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