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The incumbent serves as a Dental Laboratory Technician for the New Mexico VA Healthcare System Dental Service, designing and fabricating complex dental prostheses/appliances. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/03/2023. 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-08 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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 announcement. In 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. 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-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: designing and fabricating complex dental prostheses/appliances, knowledge of normal and abnormal oral anatomy and dentition as these affect the design, fabrication and esthetics of the dental prosthesis being constructed, 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. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed 1.5 years of graduate education that is directly related to the work of this position as a Dental Lab Technician. NOTE TO APPLICANTS: One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent one year of full-time study; if that number cannot be obtained from the transcript, 18 semester hours will be considered as one full academic year of graduate study. [Transcripts must be submitted at time of application. Conferral of degree(s) must be stated on transcript(s). Unofficial transcript(s) are acceptable]. OR, Combination: Possess equivalent combinations of experience and education as previously described to fully meet the requirements of this position. [Transcripts must be submitted at time of application. Unofficial transcript(s) are acceptable.] INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (IOR) which is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series, and it is something that cannot be waived. To meet the basic requirement for the Dental Laboratory Technician series, applicants must demonstrate one of the following. Examples of specialized experience include: 1) Use of dental laboratory material such as impression materials, plasters, stones, hydrocolloids, waxes, metals, acrylics, porcelain, and similar materials. 2) Use of laboratory equipment such as hand tools, dental lathes, engines, hand pieces, furnaces, casting machines, presses, flasks, and related equipment. 3) Use of Precision instruments such as articulators, surveyors and microanalyzers. 4) Construction of dental prosthetic appliances. [YOUR RESUME MUST CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE YOUR EXPERIENCE]. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Applies Technology to Tasks Project Management Teaching Others 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: Please refer to VA Handbook 5019. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. ["Duties include but are not limited to: Designs and fabricates metal substructures for both porcelain and acrylic veneers, applying a knowledge of recognized techniques and master of the art of dental ceramics and plastics which follow fixed patterns but requires imaginatory adjustments to technique in unusual cases. Fabricates porcelain veneers for crowns, fixed partial dentures, implant and porcelain crowns through the application of appropriate platinum foil and ceramometal techniques. Constructs stone, amalgam, or electroplated dies, or casts with removable dies for fabricating crowns implants or fixed partial dentures. This involves checking and boxing the impression, electroplating and reinforcing the electroformed die and using other required materials and techniques as appropriate. Fabricates by casting and soldering the various metal components into the pre-scribed complex and intricate fit to casts and dies. Constructs teaching models of various complex metal substructures for fixed appliances to include crowns and partial dentures. Plans and conducts laboratory instruction for residents, interns and lower level laboratory technicians as needed. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 7:30a.m. - 4:00p.m. Monday through Frida Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Dental Laboratory Technician/PD10019A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required"]

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