Overview

Languages

English

Education

- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

On the road

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Work site environment

- At heights
- Cold/refrigerated
- Dangerous
- Hot
- Outdoors

Work setting

- On-site customer service
- Repair
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Institutional
- Retail service and repair firm
- Installation

Responsibilities

Tasks

- Determine type of glass, frames and material required
- Position and secure panes in frame
- Assemble and install prefabricated glass, mirrors or glass products
- Install door, window and other hardware
- Instruct apprentices
- Repair glass doors and other glass structures
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Work from man-lift mobile equipment, cranes and other lifting equipment
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

- Working at heights training
- Glazier Red Seal Certificate
- Glazier Trade Certification
- First Aid Certificate
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

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

- Cut glass plate manually (straight cuts)
- Cut glass plate free-hand (curved cuts)
- Laminate glass

Installation specialization

- Skylights and slope glazed installations
- Curtain walls
- Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems
- Glass baffles, smoke and sprinkler baffles
- Suspended glazing system
- Walls and other interior areas (i.e. partitions)

Equipment

- Carbide and diamond bits
- Brass tube bits

Additional information

Security and safety

- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat

Benefits

Health benefits

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other perks

- Learning/training paid by employer

📌 journeyman/woman glazier (Calgary)
🏢 Alberta Glass Company
📍 Calgary