Glazier

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 55 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- or equivalent experience
**Work site environment**:

- At heights
- Cold/refrigerated
- Hot
- Outdoors
**Work setting**:

- Repair
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Institutional
- Residential
- Retail service and repair firm
- Installation
- Shop fabrication
**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
- Instruct apprentices
- Repair glass doors and other glass structures
- Assemble, erect and dismantle scaffolding, rigging and hoisting equipment
- Supervise other workers
- Transport cases of glass
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Work from man-lift mobile equipment, cranes and other lifting equipment
**Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Working at heights training
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
**Type of glass/materials**:

- Acrylic plexiglass
- Float glass
- Mirrors
- Sealed units
**Frame fabrication and installation**:

- Curtain wall (stock length material)
- Curtain wall (prefabricated material)
- Spandrel panel installations
- Aluminum framing members
- Entranceways
**Glass cutting equipment and techniques**:

- Cut glass plate manually (straight cuts)
**Installation specialization**:

- Skylights and slope glazed installations
- Curtain walls
- Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems
- Glass baffles, smoke and sprinkler baffles
- Overhead automatic doors
- Shower doors and tub enclosures
- Suspended glazing system
- Display cases
- Walls and other interior areas (i.e. partitions)
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Own tools/equipment**:

- Tools
- Safety equipment/gear
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Gloves
**Screening questions**:

- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Workplace information**:

- On the road job