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Overview
Dental instrument assemblers build dental drills, lasers, probes, mirrors and imaging devices using machinery, hand tools, chemicals, adhesives, epoxies and precision tools.
In job descriptions, look for dental instrument components, cleanroom work, assembly drawings, component alignment, precision measurement, product inspection, defect reporting, soldering and medical device quality standards.
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Dental instrument assemblers work at benches, assembly lines or cleanroom stations. The work joins small components into drills, probes, mirrors, lasers or imaging devices using drawings and specifications.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes reading assembly drawings, aligning and fastening components, cleaning during assembly, manipulating dental materials, precision measurement, product inspection and reporting defective parts.
Salary context
Salary context depends on cleanroom requirements, precision level, device complexity, production pace, inspection responsibility, soldering or electronics tasks and whether the role includes repair or testing.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior assembler, quality inspector, medical-device technician, cleanroom production lead, repair technician or specialist assembly work with dental imaging or laser devices.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name cleanroom suits, dental component types, measuring equipment, assembly drawings, soldering, defect reporting and product compliance tests. These show technical depth.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is medical device assembler.
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
26.6Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment
Alternative labels
dental mirror assembler
dental instruments maker
orthodontic instrument assembler
dental instrument technician
dental equipment assembler
dental instruments assembler
dental laser assembler
assembler of dental equipment
dental device fabricator
dental instrument production assembler
dental probe assembler
dental instruments fabricator
dental device maker
orthodontic instruments assembler
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dental instrument assembly operative
assembler in dental instrument production
dental instrument assembly line worker
dental imaging device assembler
dental drill assembler
assembler of dental instruments
assembly of dental instruments
dental instrument assembly worker
dental instrument assembly technician
Occupation group
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers (8212)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/17c02096-05d6-4a5a-ba93-9f22d68df0d3 |
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| ESCO code | 8212.1 |
| ISCO group | 8212 |
| Concept type | Occupation |