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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 reducing, installing, and removing cup (and materials used as substitutes for glass, such as some plastics).[1] Glaziers may work with glass in various surfaces and settings, such as home windows, doors, shower doors, skylights, storefronts, display cases, mirrors, facades, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.[1][2]
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1 Responsibilities and tools
2 Education and training Glaziers Canning Town, North Woolwich, E16, Glazing Glaziers Canning Town, North Woolwich, E16, Glazing...
3 Occupational hazards
4 In america
5 See also
6 Notes
7 External links
Responsibilities and tools[edit]
A set of glazier tools
The Occupational Outlook Handbook of the U.S. Section of Labor lists the following as typical duties 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 glass installation
Fasten cup into sashes or frames with clips, moldings, or other styles of fasteners
Add weather seal or putty around pane edges to seal important joints.[3]
The National Occupational Analysis recognized by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship separates the trade into 5 obstructs of skills, each with a summary of skills, and a summary of tasks and subtasks a journeyman is likely to have the ability to accomplish:[4]
Stop A - Occupational Skills
1. Uses and maintains tools and equipment
2. Organizes work
3. Performs routine activities
Block B - Commercial Window and Door Systems
4. Fabricates commercial screen and door systems
5. Installs commercial windowpane and door systems
Stop C - Residential Door and Screen Systems
6. Installs residential windows systems
7. Installs home door systems
Stop D - Specialty Glass and Products
8. Installs and Fabricates area of expertise glass and products
9. Installs cup systems on vehicles
Stop E - Servicing
10. Services commercial door and windowpane systems
11. Services residential door and screen systems
12. Services niche products and cup.
Tools used by glaziers "include trimming boards, glass-cutting blades, straightedges, glazing kitchen knives, saws, drills, grinders, putty, and glazing compounds."[1]
Some glaziers work specifically with glass in motor vehicles; other work with the safety glass used in aircraft specifically.[1][3]
Education and training[edit]
Glaziers are usually educated at the high school diploma or comparative level and learn the skills of the trade through an apprenticeship program, which in the U.S. is four years typically.[3]
In the U.S., apprenticeship programs can be found through the Country wide Glass Association as well as trade organizations and local companies' associations. Construction-industry glaziers are frequently members of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.[1]
In Ontario, Canada, apprenticeships are offered at the provincial level and certified through the Ontario University of Trades.[5]
Other provinces manage their own apprenticeship programs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glazing_(window)
The Trade of Glazier is a designated Red Seal Trade in Canada.[6]
Occupational hazards[edit]
Occupational hazards encountered by glaziers include the risks to be trim by glass or tools and falling 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 that a journeyman glazier died in an industrial incident in Indiana after attempting to use a manlift to transport a thousand-pound case of glass which the manlift didn't have capacity to carry.[7]
In the United States[edit]
Based on the Occupational Outlook Handbook, there are a few 45,300 glaziers in america, with median pay of $38,410 per 12 months in 2014.[3] Two-thirds of Glaziers work in the foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors industry, with smaller numbers working in building provides and material dealing, building finishing contracting, automotive maintenance and repair, and glass and cup product production.[2][3]
Among the 50 states, only Florida and Connecticut require glaziers to hold a license.[3]
See also[edit]
Architectural glass
Glazing in architecture
Insulated glazing
Stained glass
Glass manufacturing
Glassblowing
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