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Glaziers

Description

Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.

Experience

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Education

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.

Tasks

Covers mirrors with protective material to prevent damage.
Drives truck to installation site and unloads mirrors, equipment, and tools.
Assembles, fits, and attaches metal-framed glass enclosures for showers or bathtubs to framing around bath enclosure.
Loads and arranges mirrors on truck, following sequence of deliveries.
Moves furniture to clear work site and covers floors and furnishings with drop cloths.
Measures, cuts, fits, and presses anti-glare adhesive film to glass or sprays glass with tinting solution to prevent light glare.
Attaches mounting strips and moldings to surface and applies mastic cement, putty, or screws to secure mirrors into position.
Installs pre-assembled framework for windows or doors designed to be fitted with glass panels, including stained-glass windows, using hand tools.
Sets glass doors into frame and bolts metal hinges, handles, locks, and other hardware onto glass doors.
Marks outline or pattern on glass, cuts glass, and breaks off excess glass by hand or with notched tool.
Attaches backing and leveling devices to wall surface, using nails and screws, and cuts mounting strips and moldings to required lengths.
Measures mirror and dimensions of area to be covered and determines plumb of walls or ceilings, using plumb line and level.
Fastens glass panes into wood sash and spreads and smoothes putty around edge of pane with knife to seal joints.

National Average Salary

$33,510.00/year

Average Salary in Maryland

$33,700.00/year

Important Abilities

   1. Static Strength
   2. Extent Flexibility
   3. Arm-Hand Steadiness
   4. Multi-limb Coordination
   5. Information Ordering

General Work Activities

   1. Handling and Moving Objects
   2. Performing General Physical Activities
   3. Operating Vehicles or Equipment
   4. Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
   5. Getting Information Needed to Do the Job

Important Skills

   1. Installation
   2. Mathematics
   3. Product Inspection
   4. Equipment Selection
   5. Information Organization

Frequent Work Context

   1. Consequence of Error
   2. Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
   3. Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
   4. Hazardous Situations
   5. Frustrating Circumstances

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Residential Construction Management
Residential Construction Technology/Management
Surveying Technology

MarylandMentor Institutions Offering Related Majors

Montgomery College - Rockville

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