glazier Verified

Work site environment

• At heights
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Institutional
• Residential
• Installation

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Position and secure panes in frame
• Assemble and install prefabricated glass, mirrors or glass products
• Install door, window and other hardware
• 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
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Working at heights training
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
• Aerial lift and aerial work platform Certification

Experience and specialization

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

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
• Suspended glazing system
• Walls and other interior areas (i.e. partitions)

Additional information

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance
• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Handling heavy loads
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits