Yorke Institute
Diploma of Dental Technology
Nationally Recognised Vocational Education and Training (VET)You will learn to design, manufacture, modify and repair prostheses and appliances such as dentures, mouthguards, bridges and crowns.
We conduct practical training in a commercial dental laboratory, one of the largest dental labs in Victoria, as well as provide first class theoretical training in our city campus. The training in a commercial dental laboratory enables you to interact with some of the most experienced and skilled technicians in the industry.
We have partnered with one of Victoria’s leading dental laboratory to offer a unique form of training for the Dental Technology course. The partnership with a premier commercial dental laboratory enables you to be trained by some of the most experienced and skilled technicians in the industry. All practical training will be conducted in our commercial dental laboratory, not a classroom.
Our dental students will be provided with work experience opportunities to conduct commercial work at the dental laboratory.
Delivery mode
Yorke Institute offers this course through the following delivery modes:
Traineeship
Work and gain real-world experience while earning a qualification.
Entry requirements
Domestic Students
- There are no mandated entry requirements.
Course fees
For more information about this course and payment options please enquire now.
Career opportunities
The Diploma of Dental Technology will prepare you for the following roles.
Dental Technician
A Dental Technician makes dental appliances such as dentures or mouthguards. You might take casts or impressions of clients’ teeth and mouths and u...
Prosthetic Technician
A Prosthetic Technician constructs and repairs dental prosthetic pieces such as dentures or mouthguards. You might work for a dental or oral health...
About Yorke Institute
Yorke’s goal is simple. To deliver and maintain a high quality standard of nationally accredited training and education to students by seamlessly connecting the needs of the learner to how that training is delivered and to match that training with ongoing industry needs and demands. Each time. Every time. This will shape the future of the Australian workforce by creating a highly skilled workforce and to create unprecedented value and opportunity to employers and customers. This is our promise to YOU. This is Yorke.
Yorke takes pride in its community involvement. In 2016 it started working with various not for profit organisation to deliver training and education. One of the foundations we worked with is the National Zakat Foundation which is a not for profit organisation that provides a lifeline for local and vulnerable members of the community which includes widows, orphans, refugees, the homeless and victims of abuse and persecution. Yorke has extended its support through the delivery of its courses to the National Zakat Foundation. In 2016, Yorke heavily subsidized the course fee of a refugee from Nigeria studying the Dental Technology course. Yorke continues to maintain its active role with the Aboriginal and Torres Straits Island community through the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated
Yorke delivers accredited and nationally recognized qualifications and is committed to meeting ongoing compliance requirements. We conduct internal audits as part of a planned, systematic and documented process to assess our compliance with the Standards for Registered Training Organizations 2015 and the National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018. We audit on the quality of our training, assessment, student services and the management systems we use to support the continuous improvement of our operations and outcomes.
