Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer Replace or repair broken windshields and window glass in motor vehicles.
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer is Also Know as
In different settings, Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer is titled as
- Automotive Glass Installer (Auto Glass Installer)
- Automotive Glass Technician (Auto Glass Technician)
- Automotive Glazier (Auto Glazier)
- Glass Installer
- Glass Installer Technician
- Glass Technician
- Windshield Installer
- Windshield Repair Technician
Education and Training of Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer is categorized in Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Experience Required for Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer
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 Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer
These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Degrees Related to Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer
- Bachelor in Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technicia
- Associate Degree Courses in Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technicia
- Masters Degree Courses in Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technicia
Training Required for Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer
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 Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer in different industries are
- Glaziers
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Mechanical Door Repairers
- Rail Car Repairers
- Tire Repairers and Changers
- Furniture Finishers
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
- Home Appliance Repairers
- Insulation Workers, Mechanical
- Tire Builders
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
- Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
What Do Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer do?
- Remove all dirt, foreign matter, and loose glass from damaged areas, apply primer along windshield or window edges, and allow primer to dry.
- Allow all glass parts installed with urethane ample time to cure, taking temperature and humidity into account.
- Obtain windshields or windows for specific automobile makes and models from stock and examine them for defects prior to installation.
- Check for and remove moisture or contamination in damaged areas and keep areas dry until repairs are complete.
- Apply a bead of urethane around the perimeter of each pinchweld and dress the remaining urethane on the pinchwelds so that it is of uniform level and thickness.
- Select appropriate tools, safety equipment, and parts, according to job requirements.
- Remove broken or damaged glass windshields or window glass from motor vehicles, using hand tools to remove screws from frames holding glass.
- Replace all moldings, clips, windshield wipers, or other parts that were removed prior to glass replacement or repair.
- Remove moldings, clips, windshield wipers, screws, bolts, and inside A-pillar moldings and lower headliners in preparation for installation or repair work.
- Install, repair, or replace safety glass and related materials, such as back glass heating elements, on vehicles or equipment.
- Install rubber channeling strips around edges of glass or frames to weatherproof windows or to prevent rattling.
- Hold cut or uneven edges of glass against automated abrasive belts to shape or smooth edges.
- Cut flat safety glass according to specified patterns or perform precision pattern making and glass cutting to custom fit replacement windows.
- Replace or adjust motorized or manual window-raising mechanisms.
- Install new foam dams on pinchwelds, if required.
- Cool or warm glass in the event of temperature extremes.
- Prime all scratches on pinchwelds with primer and allow to dry.
- Install replacement glass in vehicles.
Qualities of Good Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer
- Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- 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.
- 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.
- Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
- Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- 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).
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- 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.
- Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- 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.
- Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
- Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- 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.
- Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
- Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Glare Sensitivity: The ability to see objects in the presence of a glare or bright lighting.
- Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- 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).
- Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
- 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.
- Auditory Attention: The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
- Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
- Speed of Limb Movement: The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
- Dynamic Strength: The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
- 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.
- 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).
- Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
- Wrist-Finger Speed: The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
- Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
- Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- 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.
- Spatial Orientation: The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
- 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.
- 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.
- Peripheral Vision: The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.
- Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
- Night Vision: The ability to see under low-light conditions.
- Sound Localization: The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.
- Dynamic Flexibility: The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
- Explosive Strength: The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
Tools Used by Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer
- Air compressors
- Air knives
- Awls
- Buffing wheels
- Caulking guns
- Cold chisels
- Cold knives
- Cordless drills
- Cut-out knives
- Deburring tools
- Desktop computers
- Driving wedges
- Gasket scrapers
- Glass cutters
- Glass holders
- Hammers
- Hook tools
- Hot knife blades
- Hot knives
- Infrared digital thermometers
- Injection syringes
- Inspection mirrors
- Knife blades
- Lacing tools
- Long knives
- Measuring tapes
- Mirror bracket wrenches
- Moisture evaporators
- Multimeters
- Nut drivers
- Ohmmeters
- Oscillating power knives
- Personal computers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Pliers action clip removers
- Pneumatic windshield removal blades
- Power caulking guns
- Propane torches
- Pry bars
- Punches
- Ratcheting screwdrivers
- Ratchets
- Safety gloves
- Scribers
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Straightedges
- Suction cups
- Torx wrenches
- Trim tools
- Ultraviolet UV curing lamps
- Ultraviolet UV lights
- Upholstery removal tools
- Urethane sealant cutout knives
- Utility knives
- Windshield molding removal tools
- Windshield removal power knives
Technology Skills required for Automotive Glass Installers and Repairer
- Accounting software
- Estimating software
- Microsoft Windows
- Recordkeeping software
- Workday software