Competencies Dental Clinical Assistant in the Southwest Region

Find out what competencies you typically need to work as a dental clinical assistant in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Dental assistants (NOC 33100).

Skills Help - Skills

  • Dental assistants
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Oral Communication: Active Listening 3 - Moderate Level
    Coordinating 2 - Low Level
    Instructing 2 - Low Level
    Monitoring 2 - Low Level
    Time Management 2 - Low Level
    Management of Material Resources 2 - Low Level
    Quality Control Testing 2 - Low Level
    Operation Monitoring of Machinery and Equipment 2 - Low Level
    Troubleshooting 2 - Low Level
    Digital Literacy 2 - Low Level
  • Dental Laboratory Assistants
    Proficiency or complexity level
    Quality Control Testing 3 - Moderate Level
    Product Design 3 - Moderate Level
    Operation Monitoring of Machinery and Equipment 3 - Moderate Level
    Equipment and Tool Selection 3 - Moderate Level
    Operation and Control 3 - Moderate Level
    Coordinating 2 - Low Level
    Instructing 2 - Low Level
    Monitoring 2 - Low Level
    Time Management 2 - Low Level
    Management of Material Resources 2 - Low Level

Skills

Skills are capabilities that you develop over time. Different jobs require different skills. You will need them to do a good job in your roles, tasks, and duties.

Personal Attributes Help - Personal Attributes

  • Dental assistants
    Importance
    Concern for Others 5 - Extremely important
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Service Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Social Orientation 4 - Highly important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Independence 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Adaptability 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
  • Dental Laboratory Assistants
    Importance
    Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important
    Stress Tolerance 4 - Highly important
    Collaboration 4 - Highly important
    Active Learning 3 - Important
    Innovativeness 3 - Important
    Creativity 3 - Important
    Social Orientation 3 - Important
    Independence 3 - Important
    Leadership 3 - Important
    Concern for Others 3 - Important

Personal Attributes

Personal attributes are the traits that you are born with. You can develop them through your social context and personal experiences. Different jobs require different personal attributes. Personal attributes are important at work because they influence how you are, and how you do things.

Interest Help - Interest

Realistic jobs

Realistic jobs are all about handling objects, tools, machines, or animals in a standard way. Many of these jobs don’t involve a lot of paperwork or teamwork.

Investigative jobs

Investigative jobs are all about studying things in an organized or creative way. These things can be physical, natural, or cultural. People in those jobs must think a lot, work with ideas, search for facts and solve problems.

Artistic jobs

Artistic jobs are all about expressing yourself in a creative way to make visual, performing, written, or applied art. They often involve working with forms, designs and patterns. Most of the time, people in those jobs don’t have to follow clear rules.

Social jobs

Social jobs are all about working with people. This often involves interacting with others to help, care, teach, or inform them.

Enterprising jobs

Enterprising jobs are all about taking action to achieve goals for a group or for yourself. This often involves starting and completing projects. People in those jobs often have to influence, lead and mobilize others. They sometimes also have to take risks and decisions or deal with business.

Conventional jobs

Conventional jobs are all about following procedures and routines. This may involve tasks like keeping records, filing paperwork and copying documents. It may also involve working with data to organize and process it in a planned way. People in those jobs often have to report to a clear chain of command. They tend to focus more on data and details than ideas.

Interest

Interests reflect your preferences for work environments and outcomes. Different jobs require different interests.

Knowledge Help - Knowledge

  • Dental assistants
    Knowledge level
    Biology 1 - Basic Level
    Clerical 1 - Basic Level
    Client Service 1 - Basic Level
    Vehicle, Machinery and Equipment Operations 1 - Basic Level
    Languages 1 - Basic Level
    Mathematics 1 - Basic Level
    Physical Health 1 - Basic Level
    Public Safety and Security 1 - Basic Level
  • Dental Laboratory Assistants
    Knowledge level
    Biology 1 - Basic Level
    Clerical 1 - Basic Level
    Vehicle, Machinery and Equipment Operations 1 - Basic Level
    Languages 1 - Basic Level
    Mathematics 1 - Basic Level
    Physical Health 1 - Basic Level
    Public Safety and Security 1 - Basic Level

Knowledge

Knowledge refers to the understanding of different theories and practices. Different jobs require different knowledge. You need specific knowledge to do tasks and activities in a specific field.

Source Occupational and Skills Information System

Labour Market Information Survey
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