Apprenticeship Page
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
GLAZIERS
Work Description
Glaziers install all types of glass products and architectural metals. Examples of products: plate and sheet glass, insulating units, spandrels, plastics, mirrors, shower doors and tub enclosures, aluminum entrances and doors, windows, storefronts, hardware application, curtain-walls and slope-walls.
Glaziers use a variety of hand and power tools and also must be knowledgeable of anchoring systems and caulking techniques.
Working Conditions
Glaziers work indoors and outdoors in all kinds of weather. They may work on ladders, swing stage, lifts, and scaffolding on high buildings. Glaziers must practice extreme care in working with glass.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED
- 18 years old or high school graduate at age 17
- Possess a valid driver’s license
- Physically capable of performing the trade
- No fear of heights
- Application Process
- Apply to Joint Apprenticeship Committee (apply year round)
- Submit high school transcript or GED
- Employers tend to select candidates for apprenticeship from workers already employed in their shop
- Applicants contact employer directly
Terms of Apprenticeship
- 4 year program
- 5,840 hours on-the-job training
- 400 of hours related classroom instruction (paid)
- One year probationary period
- Wage scale systematically increases throughout the apprenticeship
For More Information
Painters & Allied
Trades
District Council No. 7
Milwaukee Local # 1204
South-Eastern Glaziers JAC
2850 S. 166th Street,
P.O. Box 510308
New Berlin, WI 53151
phone 262-797-7800
fax 262-797-7881
dc7@iupatdc7.com
Painters & Allied
Trades
District Council No. 7
Appleton Labor Temple
2828 N. Ballard Avenue, #206,
Appleton, WI 54911
phone 920-731-7900
fax 920-734-1270
gene@iupatdc7.com
Painters & Allied Trades
District Council No. 7
1571 Ivory Drive
Sun Prairie, WI 53990
phone 262-797-7800
fax 262-797-7881
joe@iupatdc.com