Job Description:

• 1) Installs glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops: Marks outline or pattern on glass, and cuts glass, using glasscutter.

• 2) Breaks off excess glass by hand or with notched tool.

• 3) Fastens glass panes into wood sash with glazier's points, and spreads and smooths putty around edge of panes with knife to seal joints.

• 4) Installs mirrors or structural glass on building fronts, walls, ceilings, or tables, using mastic, screws, or decorative molding.

• 5) Bolts metal hinges, handles, locks, and other hardware to prefabricated glass doors.

• 6) Sets glass doors into frame and fits hinges.

• 7) May install metal window and door frames into which glass panels are to be fitted.

• 8) May press plastic adhesive film to glass or spray glass with tinting solution to prevent light glare.

• 9) May install stained glass windows.

• 10) May assemble and install metal-framed glass enclosures for showers and be designated Shower-Enclosure Installer.

• 11) May be designated according to type of glass installed as Glazier, Structural Glass; Plate-Glass Installer.