Also called: Curtain Wall Glazier, Facade Installer
Hangs the giant glass and metal panels that form the skin of skyscrapers.
A crane lifts a 2,000-pound glass panel to the 30th floor, and you guide it into place from the edge of the slab, clipped to a safety line. You bolt it to anchors, seal the joints and move to the next one. From the street the tower looks like it's made of glass.
BLS glaziers; union curtain-wall crews earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Glazier or ironworker apprenticeship (3-4 years).
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Glazier Apprenticeship.
Growing about average. Steady with commercial construction.
Low risk for 10 years. Panels arrive pre-built from factories, but setting giant glass units on high-rises with cranes stays crew work.
Classes: Geometry, Construction CTE, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2121.
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