Glazier Sample Resume

George Dawson
1234 Post Oak Drive
West Lafayette, HI 64000
Home: 404-555-5555
Cell: 404-555-5556
Email: George Dawson@frontfocus.com
  Objective: Seeking to obtain employment as Glazier in an environment which is mentally challenging and offers an opportunity for personal growth.   Qualification Summary: Extensive knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. Ability to install equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. Capable of using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.   Education: Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills
Associates in Applied Science
June 2001   Work Experience: Glazier,
Crida Windows, Phoenix, Arizona
June 2004? present

Responsibilities included: installing glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops. Cutting, assembling, fitting, and attaching metal-framed glass enclosures for showers, bathtubs, display cases, skylights, solariums, and other structures. Driving trucks to installation sites, and unload mirrors, glass equipment, and tools. Fabricating and installing metal sashes and moldings for glass installation, using aluminum or steel framing. Installing pre-assembled metal or wood frameworks for windows or doors to be fitted with glass panels, using hand tools. Loading and arranging glass and mirrors onto delivery trucks, using suction cups or cranes to lift glass. Moving furniture to clear work sites, and cover floors and furnishings with drop cloths. Operating cranes or hoists with suction cups to lift large, heavy pieces of glass.   Glazier,
Spiro Glass Installers, Phoenix, Arizona
May 2001? May 2004

Responsibilities included: setting glass doors into frames, and bolting metal hinges, handles, locks, and other hardware to attach doors to frames and walls. Cutting and attaching mounting strips, metal or wood moldings, rubber gaskets, or metal clips to surfaces in preparation for mirror installation. Securing mirrors in position, using mastic cement, putty, bolts, or screws. Cutting and removing broken glass prior to installing replacement glass. Cutting, fitting, installing, repairing, and replacing glass and glass substitutes, such as plastic and aluminum, in building interiors or exteriors and in furniture or other products. Determining plumb of walls or ceilings, using plumb-lines and levels. Fastening glass panes into wood sashes or frames with clips, points, or moldings, adding weather seals or putty around pane edges to seal joints. Grinding and polishing glass, and smoothing edges when necessary. Measuring and marking outlines or patterns on glass to indicate cutting lines. Scoring glass with cutters' wheels, breaking off excess glass by hand or with notched tools. Measuring mirrors and dimensions of areas to be covered in order to determine work procedures.   References: Available upon request