Glazier Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.
Glazier is Also Know as
In different settings, Glazier is titled as
- Auto Glass Tech (Automobile Glass Technician)
- Commercial Glazier
- Field Glazier
- Glass Installer
- Glass Technician (Glass Tech)
- Glassman
- Glazer
- Glazier
- Glazier Worker
- Union Glazier
Education and Training of Glazier
Glazier is categorized in Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Experience Required for Glazier
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
Education Required for Glazier
These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Degrees Related to Glazier
Training Required for Glazier
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
Related Ocuupations
Some Ocuupations related to Glazier in different industries are
- Carpenters
- Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Insulation Workers, Mechanical
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
- Furniture Finishers
- Mechanical Door Repairers
- Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
- Roofers
- Carpet Installers
What Do Glazier do?
- Read and interpret blueprints or specifications to determine size, shape, color, type, or thickness of glass, location of framing, installation procedures, or staging or scaffolding materials required.
- Determine plumb of walls or ceilings, using plumb lines and levels.
- Fabricate or install metal sashes or moldings for glass installation, using aluminum or steel framing.
- Measure mirrors and dimensions of areas to be covered to determine work procedures.
- Fasten glass panes into wood sashes or frames with clips, points, or moldings, adding weather seals or putty around pane edges to seal joints.
- Secure mirrors in position, using mastic cement, putty, bolts, or screws.
- Cut, fit, install, repair, or replace glass or glass substitutes, such as plastic or aluminum, in building interiors or exteriors or in furniture or other products.
- Cut and remove broken glass prior to installing replacement glass.
- Set glass doors into frames and bolt metal hinges, handles, locks, or other hardware to attach doors to frames and walls.
- Score glass with cutters' wheels, breaking off excess glass by hand or with notched tools.
- Cut, assemble, fit, or attach metal-framed glass enclosures for showers, bathtubs, display cases, skylights, solariums, or other structures.
- Drive trucks to installation sites and unload mirrors, glass equipment, or tools.
- Install pre-assembled metal or wood frameworks for windows or doors to be fitted with glass panels, using hand tools.
- Cut and attach mounting strips, metal or wood moldings, rubber gaskets, or metal clips to surfaces in preparation for mirror installation.
- Assemble, erect, or dismantle scaffolds, rigging, or hoisting equipment.
- Load and arrange glass or mirrors onto delivery trucks, using suction cups or cranes to lift glass.
- Measure and mark outlines or patterns on glass to indicate cutting lines.
- Grind or polish glass, smoothing edges when necessary.
- Prepare glass for cutting by resting it on rack edges or against cutting tables and brushing thin layer of oil along cutting lines or dipping cutting tools in oil.
- Pack spaces between moldings and glass with glazing compounds and trim excess material with glazing knives.
- Operate cranes or hoists with suction cups to lift large, heavy pieces of glass.
- Confer with customers to determine project requirements or to provide cost estimates.
- Select the type or color of glass or mirror according to specifications.
- Move furniture to clear work sites and cover floors or furnishings with drop cloths.
- Assemble and cement sections of stained glass together.
- Measure, cut, fit, and press anti-glare adhesive film to glass or spray glass with tinting solution to prevent light glare.
- Create patterns on glass by etching, sandblasting, or painting designs.
Qualities of Good Glazier
- Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
- Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
- Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
- Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
- Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
- Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
- Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
- Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
- Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
- Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
- Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
- Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
- Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
- Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
- Rate Control: The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
- Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
- Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
- Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Response Orientation: The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
- Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
- Night Vision: The ability to see under low-light conditions.
- Peripheral Vision: The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.
- Glare Sensitivity: The ability to see objects in the presence of a glare or bright lighting.
- Wrist-Finger Speed: The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
- Sound Localization: The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.
- Explosive Strength: The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
- Speed of Limb Movement: The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
- Dynamic Flexibility: The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Tools Used by Glazier
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Adjustable wrenches
- Allen wrenches
- Automatic cutting tables
- Automatic diamond wheel edgers
- Automatic vertical edging machines
- Aviation snips
- Bastard files
- Bench grinders
- Bosun chairs
- Builders' levels
- Center punches
- Claw hammers
- Cold chisels
- Combination squares
- Cordless drills
- Countersinks
- Cutoff saws
- Dead-blow hammers
- Desktop computers
- Drill presses
- Drum sanders
- Duck-billed locking pliers
- Edge scrapers
- Electric drills
- Finger pull machines
- Flat head screwdrivers
- Forklifts
- Glass bevelers
- Glass clamps
- Glass cutters
- Glass dollies
- Glass drilling machines
- Glass edgers
- Glass gloves
- Glass holders
- Glass lifters
- Glass pliers
- Glass routers
- Glass saws
- Glass tongs
- Grinding tools
- Hacksaws
- Half moon files
- Hammers
- Hand seamers
- Hand sprayers
- Hard hats
- Hoists
- Jig saws
- L-squares
- Ladders
- Laser levels
- Leg protectors
- Levels
- Lifelines
- Lifting hooks
- Locking pliers
- Mallets
- Measuring tapes
- Metal cutting shears
- Milling machines
- Nibblers
- Notched glass-breaking tools
- Nut drivers
- Open end wrenches
- Overhead cranes
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Platform lifts
- Plumb bobs
- Point drivers
- Polishing machines
- Portable air routers
- Portable belt sanders
- Power hammers
- Power miter saws
- Power saws
- Power screwguns
- Propane torches
- Protective aprons
- Protective sleeves
- Pry bars
- Putty knives
- Radial arm saws
- Ratchet sets
- Reciprocating saws
- Respirators
- Riveting tools
- Robertson screwdrivers
- Round files
- Rubber mallets
- Rulers
- Saber saws
- Safety gloves
- Safety goggles
- Safety lanyards
- Sandblasters
- Saws
- Scaffolding
- Scoring tools
- Screwdrivers
- Scribers
- Self-propelled elevated work platforms
- Shackles
- Shin protectors
- Side cutters
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Sliding bevels
- Slings
- Soldering equipment
- Spatulas
- Spirit levels
- Spot-welding equipment
- Spreader beams
- Squares
- Story pole tape measures
- Straightedges
- Swing stages
- Table saws
- Telescoping measuring rods
- Torque wrenches
- Triangles
- Upright belt sanders
- Utility knives
- Vacuum cups
- Water blasting equipment
- Wheel cutters
- Wood chisels
Technology Skills required for Glazier
- American Glazing Software AGS WindowPricer
- BidMaster
- D-CALC FACADE 4000
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Windows
- Work order software