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Glazier
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For the surname, see Glazier (surname).
A glazier at work, 1946.
This Deutsche Bundespost postage stamp, issued in 1986, commemorates glaziers.
A glazier is an experienced tradesman accountable for trimming, installing, and removing glass (and materials used as substitutes for cup, such as some plastics).[1] Glaziers may work with glass in a variety of materials and settings, such as home windows, doors, shower doorways, skylights, storefronts, displays, mirrors, facades, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.[1][2]
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1 Duties and tools
2 Education and training Glaziers Seven Sisters, N15, Glazing Show more!
3 Occupational hazards
4 In the United States
5 See also
6 Notes
7 External links
Responsibilities and tools[edit]
A set of glazier tools
The Occupational Perspective Handbook of the U.S. Section of Labor lists the next as typical duties for a glazier:
Follow specifications or blueprints
Remove any old or broken cup before setting up replacement glass
Cut glass to the specified form and size
Make or install sashes or moldings for cup installation
Fasten cup into sashes or frames with clips, moldings, or other types 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 list of skills, and a list of tasks and subtasks a journeyman is expected to have the ability to accomplish:[4]
Stop A - Occupational Skills
1. Uses and maintains equipment and tools
2. Organizes work
3. Performs routine activities
Block B - Commercial Screen and Door Systems
4. Fabricates commercial windows and door systems
5. Installs commercial door and screen systems
Stop C - Residential Screen and Door Systems
6. Installs residential window systems
7. Installs residential door systems
Stop D - Specialty Glass and Products
8. Fabricates and installs area of expertise glass and products
9. Installs glass systems on vehicles
Block E - Servicing
10. Services commercial door and windows systems
11. Services home screen and door systems
12. Services area of expertise glass and products.
Tools used by glaziers "include trimming boards, glass-cutting blades, straightedges, glazing kitchen knives, saws, drills, grinders, putty, and glazing substances."[1]
Some glaziers work specifically with glass in motor vehicles; other work specifically with the security glass used in aircraft.[1][3]
Education and training[edit]
Glaziers are typically educated at the high school diploma or equal level and find out 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 are offered through the National Glass Association as well as trade organizations and local contractors' associations. Construction-industry glaziers are frequently people of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.[1]
In Ontario, Canada, apprenticeships can be found at the provincial level and authorized 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 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 National Institute for Occupational Basic safety and Health (NIOSH) reported in 1990 a journeyman glazier died within an industrial incident in Indiana after wanting to use a manlift to transport a thousand-pound case of glass which the manlift did not 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 yr in 2014.[3] Two-thirds of Glaziers work in the building blocks, structure, and building exterior contractors industry, with smaller amounts employed in building materials and supplies working, building finishing contracting, automotive maintenance and repair, and cup and cup product manufacturing.[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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