Dental Assistants
Education
Required Level of Education
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) = 67.90%
- High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) = 14.21%
- Master's Degree = 6.77%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 6.68%
- Some College Courses = 4.44%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 27.43%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 22.18%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 21.55%
- None = 21.53%
- Up to and including 1 month = 5.47%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 0.97%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.43%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.43%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 35.80%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.49%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 17.61%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.07%
- Up to and including 1 month = 12.73%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.87%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.43%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 30.76%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 26.09%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 18.21%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 12.58%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.41%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.52%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.43%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
