glazier

Major Work Area

• Shop fabrication

• Repair

• Installation

Frame Fabrication and Installation

• Spandrel panel installations

• Entranceways

• Curtain wall (prefabricated material)

• Curtain wall (stock length material)

• Aluminum framing members

Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)

• Working at heights training

Additional Skills

• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages

• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

• Instruct apprentices

• Work from man-lift mobile equipment, cranes and other lifting equipment

Work Setting

• Industrial

• Commercial

Specific Skills

• Repair glass doors and other glass structures

• Position and secure panes in frame

• Measure, mark and cut glass

• Install door, window and other hardware

• Determine type of glass, frames and material required

• Assemble and install prefabricated glass, mirrors or glass products

Own Tools/Equipment

• Safety equipment/gear

• Steel-toed safety boots

• Hard hat

• Safety glasses/goggles

• Gloves

Work Site Environment

• Dangerous

• Outdoors

• At heights

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Handling heavy loads

• Physically demanding

• Standing for extended periods

• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Installation Specialization

• Stained glass installations

• Skylights and slope glazed installations

• Curtain walls

• Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems

Health benefits

• Health care plan

• Dental plan