Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5387 Diploma of Dental Technology

Course Title: Articulate models and transfer records

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 20

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
DENT5864C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term1 2019, Term1 2020
DENT5864C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term2 2023, Term2 2024, Term1 2025

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
DENT5864C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	VE 2019 (All)
DENT5864C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	VE 2020 (All)
DENT5864C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	VE 2021 (DT1), VE 2021 (All)

Course Contact: Luke Scarica

Course Contact Phone: 03 9925 0312

Course Contact Email: luke.scarica@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to transfer oral records and mount models on an articulator.

This unit applies to work in dental technology.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	HLTDET004 Articulate models and transfer records
Elements:	1. Select and prepare the articulator 2. Select and prepare materials 3. Transfer oral records to articulator

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Select and prepare the articulator 

1. Select and prepare materials 

1. Transfer oral records to articulator

Overview of Assessment

You must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be evidence that you have:

• used standard precautions and safe work practices to mount at least one of each of the following types of articulators with attached registrations rims:

- planeline articulator

- adjustable articulator with face/ear bow

• critically evaluated both types of articulations produced to meet technical laboratory and clinician requirements.

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency.   

Regular attendance is necessary. 

Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks and consist of theory and practical based tasks.