Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
Experience
5 years or more
On the road
Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.
Work site environment
- At heights
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dangerous
- Hot
- Outdoors
Work setting
- On-site customer service
- Repair
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Institutional
- Retail service and repair firm
- Installation
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Determine type of glass, frames and material required
- 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
- 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
- Glazier Red Seal Certificate
- Glazier Trade Certification
- First Aid Certificate
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
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
Glass cutting equipment and techniques
- Cut glass plate manually (straight cuts)
- Cut glass plate free-hand (curved cuts)
- Laminate glass
Installation specialization
- Skylights and slope glazed installations
- Curtain walls
- Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems
- Glass baffles, smoke and sprinkler baffles
- Suspended glazing system
- Walls and other interior areas (i.e. partitions)
Equipment
- Carbide and diamond bits
- Brass tube bits
Additional information
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Own tools/equipment
- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
