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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 a skilled tradesman accountable for cutting, installing, and removing glass (and materials used as substitutes for glass, such as some plastics).[1] Glaziers may use glass in various surface types and settings, such as home windows, doors, shower doors, skylights, storefronts, displays, mirrors, facades, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.[1][2]

Contents [cover]
1 Duties and tools
2 Education and training Glaziers Holborn, Covent Garden, Strand, WC2, Glazing Glaziers Holborn, Covent Garden, Strand, WC2, Glazing!
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. Division of Labor lists the following as typical jobs for a glazier:

Follow specifications or blueprints
Remove any old or broken cup before setting up replacement glass
Cut glass to the specified size and shape
Make or install sashes or moldings for cup installation
Fasten glass 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 Country wide Occupational Analysis identified by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship separates the trade into 5 prevents of skills, each with a summary of skills, and a list of tasks and subtasks a journeyman is likely to have the ability to accomplish:[4]

Block A - Occupational Skills

1. Uses and maintains equipment and tools

2. Organizes work

3. Performs routine activities

Stop B - Commercial Window and Door Systems

4. Fabricates commercial home window and door systems

5. Installs commercial home window and door systems

Block C - Residential Windows and Door Systems

6. Installs residential screen systems

7. Installs home door systems

Block D - Area of expertise Products and Glass

8. Fabricates and installs specialty cup and products

9. Installs glass systems on vehicles

Block E - Servicing

10. Services commercial screen and door systems

11. Services residential window and door systems

12. Services niche glass and products.

Tools used by glaziers "include reducing boards, glass-cutting cutting blades, straightedges, glazing knives, saws, drills, grinders, putty, and glazing substances."[1]

Some glaziers work specifically with glass in motor vehicles; other use the safety glass found in aircraft specifically.[1][3]

Education and training[edit]
Glaziers are typically 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 typically four years.[3]

In the U.S., apprenticeship programs can be found through the Country wide Cup Association as well as trade associations and local contractors' 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 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 falling from scaffolds or ladders.[1][3] The usage of heavy equipment may also cause damage: the Country wide Institute for Occupational Security and Health (NIOSH) reported in 1990 that a journeyman glazier died in 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 transport.[7]

In the United States[edit]
According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, there are a few 45,300 glaziers in the United States, with median pay of $38,410 per year in 2014.[3] Two-thirds of Glaziers work in the foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors industry, with smaller numbers working in building materials and provides working, building finishing contracting, automotive maintenance and repair, and glass and glass 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