Apprentice Dental Technician

DIGITAL PROSTHETICS LTD

BIRMINGHAM (B31 3PH)

Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 19 August 2025

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Summary

We’re seeking a motivated individual to join our team as a Dental Technician Apprentice at Digital Prosthetics. This hands-on apprenticeship offers training in creating dentures, crowns, and bridges, while learning to use industry tools and materials. Ideal for someone detail-oriented, artistic, and eager to learn a skilled trade.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Clinical dental technician (GDC 2023) (level 5)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 4 days per week, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

2 years 10 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Design, manufacture, modify and repair dentures
  • Use both traditional hand techniques and cutting-edge digital technology (including 3D printing and scanning)
  • Ensure the workspace remains clean and well-organised in compliance with health and safety guidelines
  • Ensure all equipment and instruments are properly prepared, maintained, and sterilised in line with infection control protocols

Where you'll work

UNIT 4B
LIGHTNING WAY
BIRMINGHAM
B31 3PH

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

YEOVIL COLLEGE

Training course

Clinical dental technician (GDC 2023) (level 5)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Identify the clinical presentations of oral and dental diseases relevant to the role of a clinical dental technician and the principles underpinning their diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
  • Identify relevant and appropriate dental, oral, craniofacial, and general anatomy, recognising the diversity of anatomy across the patient population.
  • Apply psychological and sociological concepts and theoretical frameworks of health, illness, behavioural change and disease to clinical practice.
  • Critically evaluate all components of patient management including risks, benefits, contra-indications and indications.
  • Adopt an evidence-based approach to clinical practice.
  • Obtain, record, and interpret a comprehensive and contemporaneous patient history, taking into account social and or cultural sensitivities.
  • Undertake an appropriate systematic intra- and extra-oral clinical examination.
  • Assess patients’ levels of anxiety, experience, and expectations in respect of dental care and oral health.
  • Undertake relevant special investigations and diagnostic procedures, including radiography.
  • Formulate a differential diagnosis or diagnoses and from there a definitive diagnosis for the edentulous patient.
  • Obtain valid consent from patients explaining all the relevant factors and taking into account the legal requirements where appropriate within scope of practice.
  • Evaluate the health risks of prescribed, non-prescribed and recreational drug use and misuse on oral and general health.
  • Underpin all patient care with a preventive approach, that takes account of patient compliance and self-care, to contribute to the patient’s long-term oral and general health.
  • Describe, take account of and explain to the patient the impact of their periodontal health, including compliance with oral healthcare advice, potential effect on general health and the need for self-care in the overall treatment plan and how this influences their treatment outcome.
  • Identify potential malignancy and tumours and explain the importance of early referral.
  • Synthesise the full results of the patient’s assessment and make clinical judgements as appropriate for the edentulous patient taking into account patient compliance, values, cultural identity self-care.
  • Formulate a personalised treatment plan, synthesising patient assessment, diagnostic data, prognosis, and shared decision making.
  • Assess own capabilities and limitations and refer patients for treatment or advice when and where appropriate.
  • Manage appropriate laboratory investigations.
  • Identify and manage the impact of medical and psychological conditions in a range of patients and determine how this can influence patient compliance, self-care, and outcomes, taking into account the patient’s cultural identity and values.
  • Prevent, diagnose, and manage patient anxiety appropriately, effectively, and safely.
  • Prevent, diagnose, and manage patient pain appropriately, effectively, and safely.
  • Monitor and review treatment outcomes and patient response to advice, providing aftercare, follow-up and ongoing preventive advice and intervention.
  • Identify the risks within and around the clinical environment and manage these in a safe and effective manner
  • Implement, perform, and manage effective decontamination and infection control procedures according to current guidelines.
  • Identify, assess, and manage medical emergencies.
  • Manage patients’ acute oral conditions ensuring involvement of appropriate dental team members.
  • Provide patients and or carers with comprehensive, personalised preventive advice, instruction and intervention in a manner which is accessible, promotes self-care and motivates patients and or carers to comply with advice and take responsibility to maintain and improve oral health.
  • Evaluate for individual patients the need for more complex treatment and seek advice.
  • Apply the principles of evidence based and appropriate design in the manufacture and provision of custom-made dental devices.
  • Design, manufacture, assess and provide biomechanically sound removable devices.
  • Design, manufacture, assess and provide biomechanically sound fixed prostheses.
  • Design, manufacture, assess and provide biomechanically sound orthodontic appliances.
  • Repair and modify removable custom-made dental devices to meet the needs of the patient.
  • Assess and ensure fitness for purpose of custom-made dental devices and propose alternative solutions where required.
  • Carry out procedures to meet the prescription.
  • Fit devices and appliances for the oral cavity according to prescription.
  • Fit biomechanically sound complete dentures.
  • Communicate effectively and sensitively, tailoring to context, by spoken, written and or electronic means with all patients, including patients whose first language is not English, using representatives or interpreters where necessary, in relation to patients with anxious or challenging behaviour or special considerations such as emotional trauma, difficult circumstances, such as breaking bad news, or discussing issues such as alcohol consumption, smoking, or diet.
  • Communicate effectively and sensitively by spoken, written and electronic means with the public.
  • Communicate effectively by spoken, written and electronic means with colleagues from dental and other healthcare professions in relation to: the direct care of individual patients, oral health promotion and raising concerns when problems arise, including where patients cause distress to staff.
  • Use appropriate methods to provide accurate, clear and comprehensive information when referring patients to other dental and healthcare professionals.
  • Communicate appropriately and effectively in professional discussions and transactions.
  • Communicate with care, compassion, empathy and respect in all professional interactions with patients, their representatives, the public and colleagues.
  • Maintain contemporaneous, complete and accurate patient records in accordance with legal requirements and best practice.
  • Give feedback effectively to other members of the team.
  • Respect the roles of dental and other healthcare professionals in the context of learning and working in a dental and wider healthcare team.
  • Demonstrate effective team working.
  • Contribute to your team in providing dental care for patients.
  • Take a patient-centred approach to working with the dental and wider healthcare team.
  • Where appropriate manage and refer or delegate work according to the scope of practice of members of the dental team, in line with competence and professional practice.
  • Provide the best possible outcome for your patients by using your knowledge and skills, acting as an advocate for their needs where appropriate.
  • Speak up to protect others from harm.
  • Raise concerns where appropriate about your own or others’ health, behaviour or professional performance.
  • Comply with systems and processes to support safe patient care.
  • Act in accordance with current best practice guidelines.
  • Act in accordance with national and local clinical governance and health and safety requirements.
  • Act within the legal frameworks which inform personal behaviour, the delivery of healthcare and the protection and promotion of the health of individual patients.
  • Act with integrity and ensure your actions maintain the trust of colleagues, patients, and the public in you, your team, and the profession across all environments and media.
  • Proactively address discriminatory language, behaviour and microaggressions from colleagues, patients and other professionals.
  • Demonstrate personal accountability to patients, the regulator, the team and wider community.
  • Work in partnership with colleagues to develop and maintain an effective and supportive environment which promotes the safety and wellbeing of the patient and dental team.
  • Where appropriate lead, manage and take professional responsibility for the actions of colleagues and other members of the team involved in patient care.
  • Treat your patients, members of the public and your colleagues with dignity and respect and without discrimination.
  • Support patients to make informed decisions about their care, making their interests your first concern.
  • Demonstrate cultural competence, accepting and respecting the diversity of patients and colleagues.
  • Evaluate the role of health promotion in terms of the changing environment, community and individual behaviours to deliver health gain.
  • Evaluate evidence-based prevention at a community and or population level.
  • Where appropriate support patients to negotiate the barriers and challenges which prevent sections of the population from accessing oral healthcare, including patients from marginalised populations and patients with protected characteristics.
  • Evaluate and apply the evidence base in relation to the environmental impacts of common treatment methods and approaches to the delivery of oral healthcare.
  • Contribute positively to the healthcare communities of which you are a part.
  • Evaluate an evidence base.
  • Critically appraise approaches to dental research and explain how to integrate the outcomes of research with patient care.
  • Utilise the receipt of effective feedback in the professional development of self.
  • Demonstrate personal development planning, recording of evidence, and reflective practice.
  • Evaluate the impact of new techniques and technologies in clinical practice.
  • Accurately assess your own capabilities and limitations in the interest of high-quality patient care and seek advice from supervisors or colleagues where appropriate.
  • Recognise personal assumptions, biases and prejudices and manage the impact of these on patient care and professional behaviour with colleagues, patients and wider society.
  • Recognise the impact of contextual factors on the health care environment and patient safety and manage this professionally.
  • Demonstrate own professional responsibility in the development of self.
  • Develop and maintain professional knowledge and competence.
  • Demonstrate appropriate continuous improvement activities.
  • Demonstrate engagement with systems and personal strategies which promote and maintain physical and mental wellbeing.
  • Recognise when and how to take action if wellbeing is compromised to a point of affecting an individual’s role or professional relationships.
  • Effectively manage your own time and resources.
  • Identify the clinical presentations of oral and dental diseases relevant to the role of a clinical dental technician and the principles underpinning their diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
  • Identify relevant and appropriate dental, oral, craniofacial, and general anatomy, recognising the diversity of anatomy across the patient population.
  • Apply psychological and sociological concepts and theoretical frameworks of health, illness, behavioural change and disease to clinical practice.
  • Critically evaluate all components of patient management including risks, benefits, contra-indications and indications.
  • Adopt an evidence-based approach to clinical practice.
  • Obtain, record, and interpret a comprehensive and contemporaneous patient history, taking into account social and or cultural sensitivities.
  • Undertake an appropriate systematic intra- and extra-oral clinical examination.
  • Assess patients’ levels of anxiety, experience, and expectations in respect of dental care and oral health.
  • Undertake relevant special investigations and diagnostic procedures, including radiography.
  • Formulate a differential diagnosis or diagnoses and from there a definitive diagnosis for the edentulous patient.
  • Obtain valid consent from patients explaining all the relevant factors and taking into account the legal requirements where appropriate within scope of practice.
  • Evaluate the health risks of prescribed, non-prescribed and recreational drug use and misuse on oral and general health.
  • Underpin all patient care with a preventive approach, that takes account of patient compliance and self-care, to contribute to the patient’s long-term oral and general health.
  • Describe, take account of and explain to the patient the impact of their periodontal health, including compliance with oral healthcare advice, potential effect on general health and the need for self-care in the overall treatment plan and how this influences their treatment outcome.
  • Identify potential malignancy and tumours and explain the importance of early referral.
  • Synthesise the full results of the patient’s assessment and make clinical judgements as appropriate for the edentulous patient taking into account patient compliance, values, cultural identity self-care.
  • Formulate a personalised treatment plan, synthesising patient assessment, diagnostic data, prognosis, and shared decision making.
  • Assess own capabilities and limitations and refer patients for treatment or advice when and where appropriate.
  • Manage appropriate laboratory investigations.
  • Identify and manage the impact of medical and psychological conditions in a range of patients and determine how this can influence patient compliance, self-care, and outcomes, taking into account the patient’s cultural identity and values.
  • Prevent, diagnose, and manage patient anxiety appropriately, effectively, and safely.
  • Prevent, diagnose, and manage patient pain appropriately, effectively, and safely.
  • Monitor and review treatment outcomes and patient response to advice, providing aftercare, follow-up and ongoing preventive advice and intervention.
  • Identify the risks within and around the clinical environment and manage these in a safe and effective manner
  • Implement, perform, and manage effective decontamination and infection control procedures according to current guidelines.
  • Identify, assess, and manage medical emergencies.
  • Manage patients’ acute oral conditions ensuring involvement of appropriate dental team members.
  • Provide patients and or carers with comprehensive, personalised preventive advice, instruction and intervention in a manner which is accessible, promotes self-care and motivates patients and or carers to comply with advice and take responsibility to maintain and improve oral health.
  • Evaluate for individual patients the need for more complex treatment and seek advice.
  • Apply the principles of evidence based and appropriate design in the manufacture and provision of custom-made dental devices.
  • Design, manufacture, assess and provide biomechanically sound removable devices.
  • Design, manufacture, assess and provide biomechanically sound fixed prostheses.
  • Design, manufacture, assess and provide biomechanically sound orthodontic appliances.
  • Repair and modify removable custom-made dental devices to meet the needs of the patient.
  • Assess and ensure fitness for purpose of custom-made dental devices and propose alternative solutions where required.
  • Carry out procedures to meet the prescription.
  • Fit devices and appliances for the oral cavity according to prescription.
  • Fit biomechanically sound complete dentures.
  • Communicate effectively and sensitively, tailoring to context, by spoken, written and or electronic means with all patients, including patients whose first language is not English, using representatives or interpreters where necessary, in relation to patients with anxious or challenging behaviour or special considerations such as emotional trauma, difficult circumstances, such as breaking bad news, or discussing issues such as alcohol consumption, smoking, or diet.
  • Communicate effectively and sensitively by spoken, written and electronic means with the public.
  • Communicate effectively by spoken, written and electronic means with colleagues from dental and other healthcare professions in relation to: the direct care of individual patients, oral health promotion and raising concerns when problems arise, including where patients cause distress to staff.
  • Use appropriate methods to provide accurate, clear and comprehensive information when referring patients to other dental and healthcare professionals.
  • Communicate appropriately and effectively in professional discussions and transactions.
  • Communicate with care, compassion, empathy and respect in all professional interactions with patients, their representatives, the public and colleagues.
  • Maintain contemporaneous, complete and accurate patient records in accordance with legal requirements and best practice.
  • Give feedback effectively to other members of the team.
  • Respect the roles of dental and other healthcare professionals in the context of learning and working in a dental and wider healthcare team.
  • Demonstrate effective team working.
  • Contribute to your team in providing dental care for patients.
  • Take a patient-centred approach to working with the dental and wider healthcare team.
  • Where appropriate manage and refer or delegate work according to the scope of practice of members of the dental team, in line with competence and professional practice.
  • Provide the best possible outcome for your patients by using your knowledge and skills, acting as an advocate for their needs where appropriate.
  • Speak up to protect others from harm.
  • Raise concerns where appropriate about your own or others’ health, behaviour or professional performance.
  • Comply with systems and processes to support safe patient care.
  • Act in accordance with current best practice guidelines.
  • Act in accordance with national and local clinical governance and health and safety requirements.
  • Act within the legal frameworks which inform personal behaviour, the delivery of healthcare and the protection and promotion of the health of individual patients.
  • Act with integrity and ensure your actions maintain the trust of colleagues, patients, and the public in you, your team, and the profession across all environments and media.
  • Proactively address discriminatory language, behaviour and microaggressions from colleagues, patients and other professionals.
  • Demonstrate personal accountability to patients, the regulator, the team and wider community.
  • Work in partnership with colleagues to develop and maintain an effective and supportive environment which promotes the safety and wellbeing of the patient and dental team.
  • Where appropriate lead, manage and take professional responsibility for the actions of colleagues and other members of the team involved in patient care.
  • Treat your patients, members of the public and your colleagues with dignity and respect and without discrimination.
  • Support patients to make informed decisions about their care, making their interests your first concern.
  • Demonstrate cultural competence, accepting and respecting the diversity of patients and colleagues.
  • Evaluate the role of health promotion in terms of the changing environment, community and individual behaviours to deliver health gain.
  • Evaluate evidence-based prevention at a community and or population level.
  • Where appropriate support patients to negotiate the barriers and challenges which prevent sections of the population from accessing oral healthcare, including patients from marginalised populations and patients with protected characteristics.
  • Evaluate and apply the evidence base in relation to the environmental impacts of common treatment methods and approaches to the delivery of oral healthcare.
  • Contribute positively to the healthcare communities of which you are a part.
  • Evaluate an evidence base.
  • Critically appraise approaches to dental research and explain how to integrate the outcomes of research with patient care.
  • Utilise the receipt of effective feedback in the professional development of self.
  • Demonstrate personal development planning, recording of evidence, and reflective practice.
  • Evaluate the impact of new techniques and technologies in clinical practice.
  • Accurately assess your own capabilities and limitations in the interest of high-quality patient care and seek advice from supervisors or colleagues where appropriate.
  • Recognise personal assumptions, biases and prejudices and manage the impact of these on patient care and professional behaviour with colleagues, patients and wider society.
  • Recognise the impact of contextual factors on the health care environment and patient safety and manage this professionally.
  • Demonstrate own professional responsibility in the development of self.
  • Develop and maintain professional knowledge and competence.
  • Demonstrate appropriate continuous improvement activities.
  • Demonstrate engagement with systems and personal strategies which promote and maintain physical and mental wellbeing.
  • Recognise when and how to take action if wellbeing is compromised to a point of affecting an individual’s role or professional relationships.
  • Effectively manage your own time and resources.

Training schedule

  • Clinical Dental Technician (GDC 2023) Level 5 (Higher national diploma) Apprenticeship Standard
  • 1 day a week in person Yeovil College attendance every 2 weeks, with alternate weeks online

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade Grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)
  • Maths (grade Grade 9 – 4 / A* - C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative

Other requirements

As this is a level 5 apprenticeship, you will be required to hold a relevant level 3 qualification. A full driving license is preferable due to distance between work and Yeovil College. You MUST be prepared to commit to your work and training for the duration of the apprenticeship. In some cases, you may be required to have a telephone conversation with Yeovil College prior to your application being passed on. If a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date, it may close earlier so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

About this employer

Digital Prosthetics was founded in June 2020 by Dr. Ali Khan with the main aim of increasing digital uptake for dental practices across the UK. We are very proud of what we have achieved in just 5 years; we have become a dynamic, cutting-edge, full service digital laboratory serving over 400 practices. From high-end layered veneers to implant planning and restoration to diagnostic wax-ups for full mouth rehabilitation, Digital Prosthetics does it all under one roof. We have a workforce of over a dozen dedicated staff based in our company buildings in West Heath, Birmingham, and we would be delighted to welcome an apprentice dental technician to the team.

After this apprenticeship

  • We hope to offer the successful candidate a full-time role as a Dental Technician upon completion of their apprenticeship
  • We expect that the apprentice will become GDC registered and seek further education and qualifications

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

YEOVIL COLLEGE

Gabrielle Cobner

studentrecruitment@yeovil.ac.uk

01935845380

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337900.

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Closes in 14 days (Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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