Glazier

Work site environment

• At heights
• Outdoors

Work setting

• On-site customer service
• Repair
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Institutional
• Residential
• Retail service and repair firm
• Installation
• Shop fabrication

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Determine type of glass, frames and material required
• Measure, mark and cut glass
• Position and secure panes in frame
• Assemble and install prefabricated glass, mirrors or glass products
• Install door, window and other hardware
• Repair glass doors and other glass structures
• Assemble, erect and dismantle scaffolding, rigging and hoisting equipment
• Transport cases of glass
• Work from man-lift mobile equipment, cranes and other lifting equipment
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training
• First Aid Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Type of glass/materials

• Acrylic plexiglass
• Sealed units

Frame fabrication and installation

• Aluminum framing members

Glass cutting equipment and techniques

• Cutting wheels
• Automatic finger pull machine
• Cut glass plate manually (straight cuts)
• Cut glass plate free-hand (curved cuts)
• Paint glass
• Tint glass

Installation specialization

• Skylights and slope glazed installations
• Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems
• Shower doors and tub enclosures
• Vehicle windows, windshields and sunroofs

Equipment

• Carbide and diamond bits

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Handling heavy loads
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan