Job Description

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Skills and Abilities

Work site environment
- At heights
- Outdoors
Work setting
- On-site customer service
- Repair
- Willing to relocate
- Commercial
- Residential
- Installation
Tasks
- Determine type of glass, frames and material required
- Measure, mark and cut glass
- Position and secure panes in frame
- Assemble and install prefabricated glass, mirrors or glass products
- Install door, window and other hardware
- Repair glass doors and other glass structures
- Assemble, erect and dismantle scaffolding, rigging and hoisting equipment
- Supervise other workers
- 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
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 free-hand (curved cuts)
Installation specialization
- Skylights and slope glazed installations
- Curtain walls
- Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems
- Overhead automatic doors
- Shower doors and tub enclosures
- Suspended glazing system
- Vehicle windows, windshields and sunroofs
- Display cases
- Walls and other interior areas (i.e. partitions)
Equipment
- Carbide and diamond bits
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
Long term benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance