What skills should a Glazier put on a resume?

O*NET rates Coordination, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Time Management among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a Glazier list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes American Glazing Software AGS WindowPricer, BidMaster, D-CALC FACADE 4000, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover Glazier work?

O*NET records 36 titles for this occupation, including Commercial Glazier, Field Glazier, Glazer, and Auto Glass Tech. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Glazier need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 44% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a Glazier role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Glazier resume example

A resume for a Glazier needs to show the work itself: install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops. Day to day that means work like this: read and interpret blueprints or specifications to determine size, shape, color, type, or thickness of glass, location of framing, installation procedures, or staging or scaffolding materials required; determine plumb of walls or ceilings, using plumb lines and levels. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

Commercial Glazier
Field Glazier
Glazer
Auto Glass Tech
Automobile Glass Technician
Glass Installer
Glass Technician
Glass Tech
Glassman
Glazier Worker
Union Glazier
Window Tech
Architectural Glazier
Art Glass Setter
Glass Fitter
Glass Glazier
Glass Inserter
Glass Mechanic

O*NET records 36 titles for this occupation in total.

What people in this job call themselves

Titles reported by people actually doing this work, which is often not the title on the job posting.

Auto Glass Tech (Automobile Glass Technician)
Glass Technician (Glass Tech)
Glazier

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

Read and interpret blueprints or specifications to determine size, shape, color, type, or thickness of glass, location of framing, installation procedures, or staging or scaffolding materials required.
Determine plumb of walls or ceilings, using plumb lines and levels.
Install pre-assembled metal or wood frameworks for windows or doors to be fitted with glass panels, using hand tools.
Fabricate or install metal sashes or moldings for glass installation, using aluminum or steel framing.
Operate cranes or hoists with suction cups to lift large, heavy pieces of glass.
Set glass doors into frames and bolt metal hinges, handles, locks, or other hardware to attach doors to frames and walls.
Cut, fit, install, repair, or replace glass or glass substitutes, such as plastic or aluminum, in building interiors or exteriors or in furniture or other products.
Drive trucks to installation sites and unload mirrors, glass equipment, or tools.
Load and arrange glass or mirrors onto delivery trucks, using suction cups or cranes to lift glass.
Measure mirrors and dimensions of areas to be covered to determine work procedures.
Cut and attach mounting strips, metal or wood moldings, rubber gaskets, or metal clips to surfaces in preparation for mirror installation.
Pack spaces between moldings and glass with glazing compounds and trim excess material with glazing knives.

27 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

Read and interpret blueprints or specifications to determine size, shape, color, type, or thickness of glass, location of framing, installation procedures, or staging or scaffolding materials required, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Determine plumb of walls or ceilings, using plumb lines and levels, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Install pre-assembled metal or wood frameworks for windows or doors to be fitted with glass panels, using hand tools, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Fabricate or install metal sashes or moldings for glass installation, using aluminum or steel framing, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

American Glazing Software AGS WindowPricer
BidMaster
D-CALC FACADE 4000
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office software
Microsoft Windows
Work order software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

Adjustable widemouth pliers
Adjustable wrenches
Allen wrenches
Automatic cutting tables
Automatic diamond wheel edgers
Automatic vertical edging machines
Aviation snips
Bastard files
Bench grinders
Bosun chairs
Builders' levels
Center punches

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

cut glass

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

01Coordination
02Critical Thinking
03Reading Comprehension
04Speaking
05Time Management

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

Building and Construction
Mechanical
Mathematics
Administration and Management
Design
Customer and Personal Service

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

44%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
36%Less than a High School Diploma
12%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Some Preparation Needed”. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.

Common questions

What does a Glazier do?: Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops. Day to day that includes work like read and interpret blueprints or specifications to determine size, shape, color, type, or thickness of glass, location of framing, installation procedures, or staging or scaffolding materials required and Determine plumb of walls or ceilings, using plumb lines and levels.
What skills should a Glazier put on a resume?: O*NET rates Coordination, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Time Management among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Glazier list?: Software recorded for this occupation includes American Glazing Software AGS WindowPricer, BidMaster, D-CALC FACADE 4000, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Glazier work?: O*NET records 36 titles for this occupation, including Commercial Glazier, Field Glazier, Glazer, and Auto Glass Tech. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Glazier need?: In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 44% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Glazier role?: No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

If this is the job you are aiming at, the guide to tailoring a resume covers how to aim one posting properly, and building and exporting a resume here is free.

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