Glazier

Employment Information

  • Post ID: 643244630
  • Open Date: December 18, 2024
  • Close Date: February 2, 2025
  • Organization: St Jacobs Glass system Inc.
  • Sector: Construction & Renovation
  • Business Location:1553 king Street N, St. Jacobs, Ontario N0B 2N0
  • Total Views: 206
  • Duration: 4 calendar days (3 business days)
  • Last Updated: 5 days ago
  • Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/ontario/st-jacobs/643244630/glazier/
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Job Details

  • Experience: 1 year - 2 years
  • Job Vacancies: 2
  • Compensation: $34.07 per hour / 44 hours per week
  • Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
  • Apply by: email to [email protected]
  • Education: High school graduation certificate

Job Description

Tasks

  • Determine type of glass, frames and material required
  • Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
  • 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
  • Work at heights, on scaffolding or swing stages
  • Work from man-lift mobile equipment, cranes and other lifting equipment

Experience and specialization

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

  • 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)
  • Edge glass plates
  • Etch glass
  • Notch glass plates
  • Laminate glass
  • Paint glass
  • Sandblast decal designs on glass
  • Tint glass

Installation specialization

  • Skylights and slope glazed installations
  • Curtain walls
  • Sports installations (sports courts and boards)
  • Stained glass installations
  • Aluminum storefronts, barrel vaults, solariums, commercial window systems
  • 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
  • Aquarium
  • Display cases
  • Walls and other interior areas (i.e. partitions)

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Benefits

Other benefits

  • Other benefits