You fit and replace windows and doors, including slim double glazing in old buildings that have to keep their looks.
You are here Step 1 of 5 Get in
A first practical qualification in carpentry, joinery or general site trades. You learn to measure, cut and fit, and to work from a drawing rather than from what looks about right.
5 courses in Gloucestershire
Leads to A Level 3 in the trade, or work as an improver on a glazing or joinery team.
You are here Step 2 of 5 Qualify
The site carpentry and joinery qualification that an employer reads as trained. By this point you are fitting frames and glazing units to a standard somebody else signs off.
1 course in Gloucestershire
Leads to Work as a qualified glazier or joiner, and the conservation jobs that ask for more.
You are here Step 3 of 5 Specialise
The best paid glazing work is slim double glazing, secondary glazing and sash windows in listed buildings, where the window has to look untouched from the street.
No county course at this stage
No county provision has been found at this level. Today this is learned on the job, with a firm that already does the work.
You are here Step 4 of 5 Lead
Leading a small team, pricing jobs, and carrying the responsibility for the finish on a whole property rather than on one opening.
No county course at this stage
No county provision has been found at this level either. Most people get here by running their own firm.
You are here Step 5 of 5 Degree level
One county course sits above the trade: a short guide to retrofitting historic buildings, taught at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester.
1 course in Gloucestershire
Leads to It is a short course and not a degree. What it adds is the conservation thinking, on top of a trade you already have.
This is as far as the research goes for glazing technician. 1 level above this has not been researched in this prototype, so nothing is claimed about it either way.
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You fit and replace windows and doors, including slim double glazing in old buildings that have to keep their looks.
Where you start
Carpentry
Gloucestershire College, Gloucester
Free