Dental Technology - Higher Apprenticeship at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Programme overview

A work-based Higher Apprenticeship in Dental Technology offered with ALS Training, delivered part time over three years with most practical learning in the apprentice's workplace. It covers Levels 4 and 5 (240 credits) and meets the General Dental Council Safe Practitioner Framework outcomes for registration as a Dental Technician.

Faculty: Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences | Duration: 3 years part time | Intake: September (application deadline for 2027/28: 31 July 2027) | Study mode: higher apprenticeship | Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

12 mandatory 20-credit modules: Removable Prosthodontics A and B, Fixed Prosthodontics A and B, Dental Anatomy and Physiology, CAD/CAM in Dentistry, Applied Dental Materials, Orthodontics, The Safe Practitioner and Work-Based Learning A and B, Preparing for Practice and Work-Based Learning C, and Consolidated Dental Technology. Essential Skills qualifications (Digital Literacy, Application of Number, Communication) are completed where required.

Career pathways

Employment in commercial dental laboratories, dental practices or NHS laboratories; completers of the FdSc can progress to the full-time BSc (Hons) at the university.

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Application information

Entry requirements

One A level or equivalent qualification, and employment in a relevant job role (with at least 51% of working time in Wales). Apprentices need at least 20% off-the-job learning (six hours per week full-time equivalent), a GDC-registered workplace mentor, and must meet Apprenticeship Funding Eligibility Criteria; Essential Skills qualifications may be required (Level 2 Maths, English and Digital Literacy allow exemption). Mature applicants without formal qualifications but with relevant experience are encouraged to apply. Employers' laboratories must pass an audit interview. Application deadline for 2027/28: 31 July 2027.

Intake: September (application deadline for 2027/28: 31 July 2027)

Duration: 3 years part time

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