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- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- Determine type of glass, frames and material required
- Measure, mark and cut glass
- Position and secure panes in frame
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Assemble and install prefabricated glass, mirrors or glass products
- Install door, window and other hardware
- Instruct apprentices
- Prepare shop drawings
- Repair glass doors and other glass structures
- Assemble, erect and dismantle scaffolding, rigging and hoisting equipment
- Supervise other workers
- Transport cases of glass
- Estimate costs and materials
- Operate CADD and other computer software systems
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
- Work from man-lift mobile equipment, cranes and other lifting equipment
- Cutting wheels
- Self-lubricating cutters
- 118 degree wheel
- Circular cutters
- Computerized cutters
- Automatic finger pull machine
- Cut glass plate manually (straight cuts)
- Cut glass plate free-hand (curved cuts)
- Bend glass
- Edge glass plates
- Etch glass
- Notch glass plates
- Laminate glass
- Paint glass
- Temper glass
- Skylights and slope glazed installations
- Curtain walls
- Sports installations (sports courts and boards)
- Stained glass installations
- Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems
- Electrically altered glass
- Glass baffles, smoke and sprinkler baffles
- Heat resistant ceramics
- Overhead automatic doors
- Shower doors and tub enclosures
- Suspended glazing system
- Vehicle windows, windshields and sunroofs
- X-ray glass
- Display cases
- Work Term: Temporary
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week
Tasks
Glass cutting equipment and techniques
Installation specialization
