St. Jacobs Glass Systems is conveniently located just north of Waterloo and south of Elmira. We are a glass company with experience and highly reputed services.
Position: Glazier (NOC 73111)
Number of vacancies: Two
Wages: $ 34.07 CAD per hour
Benefits: WSIB
Working hours: 44 hours per week
Work Location: 1553 king Street N St. Jacobs, ON, N0B 2N0
*Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work conditions: Day, Early Morning, Morning, On Call
Terms of employment: Permanent and Full-time
Language Required: English
Education Required: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate or equivalent experience
Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Job Duties:
- 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)
Work setting:
- On-site customer service
- Commercial
- Institutional
- Residential
- Installation
- Shop fabrication
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Apply at: 64ken.podhornik@gmail.com
We promote equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including indigenous people, persons with disabilities, newcomers, veterans, youth and visible minorities.
