Installs glass windows, storefronts, and the giant glass walls of skyscrapers.
You use suction cups to guide a 500-pound glass panel from a crane into a curtain wall frame 20 floors up, then seal it watertight.
Union glaziers on skyscrapers earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. 3-4 year glaziers' apprenticeship (IUPAT) or on-the-job training.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Glazier Apprenticeship.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Glass units are factory-made, but measuring, cutting and setting glass in real openings stays skilled field work.
Classes: Geometry, Construction CTE, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2121.
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