page_title: Glazier
section_title: Duties and tools
hierarchical_section_title: Glazier / Duties and tools
caption_attribution_description: English: Glazier tools Deutsch: Glaserwerkzeug Español: Herramienta del vidriero Français&#160;: Outils de vitrier
context_page_description: A glazier is a tradesman responsible for cutting, installing, and removing glass. They also refer to blueprints to figure out the size, shape, and location of the glass in the building. They may have to consider the type and size of scaffolding they need to stand on to fit and install the glass. Glaziers may work with glass in various surfaces and settings, such as cutting and installing windows, doors, shower doors, skylights, storefronts, display cases, mirrors, facades, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.
context_section_description: The Occupational Outlook Handbook of the U.S. Department of Labor lists the following as typical tasks for a glazier:
  Follow blueprints or specifications
  Remove any old or broken glass before installing replacement glass
  Cut glass to the specified size and shape
  Make or install sashes or moldings for glass installation
  Fasten glass into sashes or frames with clips, moldings, or other types of fasteners
  Add weather seal or putty around pane edges to seal joints.
  The National Occupational Analysis recognized by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship separates the trade into 5 blocks of skills, each with a list of skills, and a list of tasks and subtasks a journeyman is expected to be able to accomplish:
  Block A – Occupational Skills
  Uses and maintains tools and equipment
  Organizes work
  Performs routine activities
  Block B – Commercial Window and Door Systems
  Fabricates commercial window and door systems
  Installs commercial window and door systems
  Block C – Residential Window and Door Systems
  Installs residential window systems
   Installs residential door systems
  Block D – Specialty Glass and Products
  Fabricates and installs specialty glass and products
  Installs glass systems on vehicles
  Block E – Servicing
  Services commercial window and door systems
  Services residential window and door systems
  Services specialty glass and products.
  Tools used by glaziers "include cutting boards, glass-cutting blades, straightedges, glazing knives, saws, drills, grinders, putty,scrapers, sandpaper, sanding blocks, 5 in 1's respirator/dust mask and glazing compounds."
  Some glaziers work specifically with glass in motor vehicles; other work specifically with the safety glass used in aircraft. Others repair old antique windows and doors that need glass replaced.
caption: A set of glazier tools
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