Glass Installer-glazier

Work setting

• On-site customer service
• Repair
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Installation

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
• Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
• Work from man-lift mobile equipment, cranes and other lifting equipment

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training
• Glazier Trade Certification
• Occupational Health and Safety Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Type of glass/materials

• Float glass
• Mirrors
• Sealed units

Frame fabrication and installation

• Curtain wall (stock length material)
• Curtain wall (prefabricated material)
• Spandrel panel installations
• Aluminum framing members

Glass cutting equipment and techniques

• Cut glass plate manually (straight cuts)
• Laminate glass

Area of specialization

• Commercial properties

Installation specialization

• Skylights and slope glazed installations
• Curtain walls
• Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems
• Overhead automatic doors
• Suspended glazing system
• Walls and other interior areas (i.e. partitions)
• Doors

Additional information

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Handling heavy loads
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Steel-toed safety boots

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available