Glazier
STARLINE WINDOWS
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
5 years or more
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- At heights
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dangerous
- Hot
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Residential
- Installation
- Building construction materials
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Determine type of glass, frames and material required
- Measure, mark and cut glass
- Position and secure panes in frame
- Assemble and install prefabricated glass, mirrors or glass products
- Install door, window and other hardware
- Repair glass doors and other glass structures
- Assemble, erect and dismantle scaffolding, rigging and hoisting equipment
- Transport cases of glass
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
Experience and specialization
Type of glass/materials
- Acrylic plexiglass
- Float glass
- Mirrors
- Sealed units
Frame fabrication and installation
- Curtain wall (stock length material)
- Curtain wall (prefabricated material)
- Spandrel panel installations
- Aluminum framing members
- Entranceways
Glass cutting equipment and techniques
- Cutting wheels
- Self-lubricating cutters
- Circular cutters
- Cut glass plate manually (straight cuts)
- Bend glass
- Edge glass plates
- Etch glass
- Notch glass plates
- Laminate glass
- Paint glass
- Sandblast decal designs on glass
- Temper glass
- Tint glass
Installation specialization
- Skylights and slope glazed installations
- Curtain walls
- Stained glass installations
- Walls and other interior areas (i.e. partitions)
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Benefits
Health benefits
- Health care plan
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits