Dental Laboratory Technician RecruitmentRelocation Incentive

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 302026. or until position is filled. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be November 24 2025 with subsequent cut-off dates every two weeks until 09/30/2026 or until the position is filled. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Applicants who are referred will be considered for 90 days after 90 days applicants will have to reapply.

A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a Highly Qualified Individual

Duties but not limited to:

Removable Prosthodontics:

• Fabricates complete repair and relines dentures.
• Makes custom trays boxes and pours master casts.
• Fabricates base plates and waxes rims.
• Mounts casts on an articulators.
• Articulates prosthetic teeth using monoplane.
• Resolve problems related to retention balance tension on natural teeth and tissue and other complex construction cases.

Fixed Prosthodontics:

• Fabricates invests casts and finishes crowns post and cores.
• Solders bridges and contact points.
• Pour impressions saw and pin dies prior to dentists inspection and submission to Central Dental Lab for fabrication.

Inventory Control:

• Maintains inventory and of placing orders for all materials used in the dental laboratory and place replacement orders.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Dental Laboratory Technician Recruitment/Relocation Incentive/PD04785A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 09/30/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade as required by the this instance you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series.

The Individual Occupational Requirement for the Dental Laboratory Technician is:

• 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 Individual Occupation Requirements listed above you must also have:


You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-06) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to: Construct full or removable partial dentures; independently reads and interprets dentists prescriptions for routine laboratory procedures; apply the knowledge of laboratory equipment for the correct laboratory procedures; maintains inventory and placing orders.
  OR
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have one full year of graduate education where it is directly related to the work of this position. OR
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond above.

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

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Communication
• Project Management
• Technical Competence

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: This work is primarily sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices hospitals warehouses and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at