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Glazier
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For the surname, see Glazier (surname).
A glazier at the job, 1946.
This Deutsche Bundespost postage stamp, issued in 1986, commemorates glaziers.
A glazier is an experienced tradesman responsible for trimming, installing, and removing glass (and materials used as substitutes for cup, such as some plastics).[1] Glaziers may use glass in a variety of materials and settings, such as windows, doors, shower doorways, skylights, storefronts, display cases, mirrors, facades, interior wall space, ceilings, and tabletops.[1][2]
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1 Responsibilities and tools
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3 Occupational hazards
4 In the United States
5 See also
6 Notes
7 External links
Responsibilities and tools[edit]
A couple of glazier tools
The Occupational Outlook Handbook of the U.S. Department of Labor lists the next as typical tasks for a glazier:
Follow specifications or blueprints
Remove any broken or old cup before installing replacement cup
Cut glass to the specified size and shape
Make or install sashes or moldings for cup installation
Fasten cup into frames or sashes with clips, moldings, or other types of fasteners
Add weather seal or putty around pane edges to seal bones.[3]
The National Occupational Analysis recognized by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship separates the trade into 5 blocks of skills, each with a summary of skills, and a summary of tasks and subtasks a journeyman is expected to be able to accomplish:[4]
Block A - Occupational Skills
1. Uses and maintains equipment and tools
2. Organizes work
3. Performs regular activities
Block B - Commercial Door and Home window Systems
4. Fabricates commercial home window and door systems
5. Installs commercial door and screen systems
Stop C - Residential Door and Screen Systems
6. Installs residential screen systems
7. Installs residential door systems
Stop D - Area of expertise Products and Glass
8. Fabricates and installs niche cup and products
9. Installs glass systems on vehicles
Stop E - Servicing
10. Services commercial windows and door systems
11. Services residential windows and door systems
12. Services area of expertise products and cup.
Tools utilized by glaziers "include reducing boards, glass-cutting blades, straightedges, glazing kitchen knives, saws, drills, grinders, putty, and glazing substances."[1]
Some glaziers work specifically with glass in automobiles; other work specifically with the safety glass found in aircraft.[1][3]
Education and training[edit]
Glaziers are usually educated at the senior high school diploma or equivalent level and learn the abilities of the trade via an apprenticeship program, which in the U.S. is typically four years.[3]
In the U.S., apprenticeship programs can be found through the National Glass Association as well as trade organizations and local contractors' associations. Construction-industry glaziers are generally members of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.[1]
In Ontario, Canada, apprenticeships are offered at the provincial level and qualified through the Ontario College of Trades.[5]
Other provinces manage their own apprenticeship programs.
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The Trade of Glazier is a designated Red Seal Trade in Canada.[6]
Occupational hazards[edit]
Occupational hazards encountered by glaziers include the risks of being cut by glass or tools and dropping from scaffolds or ladders.[1][3] The use of heavy equipment may also cause damage: the Country wide Institute for Occupational Protection and Health (NIOSH) reported in 1990 a journeyman glazier died within an industrial incident in Indiana after wanting to use a manlift to carry a thousand-pound case of cup which the manlift didn't have capacity to carry.[7]
In the United States[edit]
According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, there are some 45,300 glaziers in america, with median pay of $38,410 per year in 2014.[3] Two-thirds of Glaziers work in the building blocks, structure, and building exterior contractors industry, with smaller quantities working in building provides and materials dealing, building finishing contracting, automotive maintenance and repair, and cup and glass product production.[2][3]
Among the 50 states, only Florida and Connecticut require glaziers to carry a license.[3]
See also[edit]
Architectural glass
Glazing in architecture
Insulated glazing
Stained glass
Glass manufacturing
Glassblowing ”