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Glazier
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For the surname, see Glazier (surname).

A glazier at the job, 1946.

This Deutsche Bundespost postage stamp, issued in 1986, commemorates glaziers.
A glazier is a skilled tradesman accountable for cutting, setting up, and removing glass (and materials used as substitutes for cup, such as some plastics).[1 - Glaziers may use glass in various materials and settings, such as home windows, doors, shower doorways, skylights, storefronts, display cases, mirrors, facades, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.[1 - [2 -

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1 Duties and tools
2 Education and training Glaziers Clapham, SW4, Glazing http://glaziers-clapham.co.uk - Show more>>>
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 Perspective Handbook of the U.S. Department of Labor lists the next as typical tasks for a glazier:

Follow specifications or blueprints
Remove any old or broken glass before setting up replacement cup
Cut glass to the specified size and shape
Make or install sashes or moldings for glass installation
Fasten glass into frames or sashes with clips, moldings, or other styles of fasteners
Add weather seal or putty around pane edges to seal joints.[3 -
The Country wide Occupational Analysis identified 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 likely to be able to accomplish:[4 -

Stop A - Occupational Skills

1. Uses and maintains tools and equipment

2. Organizes work

3. Performs regular activities

Block B - Commercial Door and Windowpane Systems

4. Fabricates commercial door and screen systems

5. Installs commercial door and home window systems

Block C - Residential Windowpane and Door Systems

6. Installs residential home window systems

7. Installs home door systems

Stop D - Specialty Products and Cup

8. Installs and Fabricates specialty cup and products

9. Installs glass systems on vehicles

Block E - Servicing

10. Services commercial screen and door systems

11. Services home window and door systems

12. Services area of expertise glass and products.

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

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

Education and training[edit -
Glaziers are usually educated at the high school diploma or equivalent level and find out the skills of the trade via an apprenticeship program, which in the U.S. is four years typically.[3 -

In the U.S., apprenticeship programs can be found through the National Glass Association as well as trade associations and local companies' associations. Construction-industry glaziers are users of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades frequently.[1 -

In Ontario, Canada, apprenticeships are offered at the provincial level and qualified 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 use of heavy equipment may also cause damage: the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reported in 1990 that a journeyman glazier died within an industrial incident in Indiana after attempting to use a manlift to transport a thousand-pound case of glass which the manlift didn't have capacity to carry.[7 -

In the United States[edit -
Based on the Occupational Outlook Handbook, there are some 45,300 glaziers in america, with median pay of $38,410 per year in 2014.[3 - Two-thirds of Glaziers work in the building blocks, structure, and building exterior contractors industry, with smaller numbers working in building material and supplies dealing, building finishing contracting, automotive repair and maintenance, and cup and cup product production.[2 - [3 -

Among the 50 states, only Connecticut and Florida require glaziers to carry a license.[3 -

See also[edit -
Architectural glass
Glazing in architecture
Insulated glazing
Stained glass
Glass manufacturing
Glassblowing