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53124.05 – Stained glass artists

Stained glass artists use manual and artistic skills to design and make ornamental objects and windows from stained glass.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Glass painter
  • Stained glass artist

Core competencies

  • Equipment and Tool Selection to choose the appropriate tools for cutting, shaping and assembling glass, ensuring efficiency, safety and the desired artistic result
  • Product Design to plan and create detailed layouts, ensuring designs are structurally sound, visually balanced and able to be translated into finished glass pieces
  • Colour Perception to select the right glass hues, ensuring the desired visual effect, balance and harmony in designs
  • Finger Dexterity to handle delicate pieces of glass with precision, cut intricate patterns and assemble the glass pieces accurately into their designs
  • Attention to Detail to carefully cut and fit glass pieces, ensuring the final product matches the intended design while avoiding gaps or misalignments
  • Knowledge in Arts to understand art history and techniques to draw inspiration, design and create stained glass pieces that are aesthetically pleasing

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Design stained glass windows, lampshades and other objects and cut, paint, fire and assemble pieces of stained glass to create such products.

Additional information

No data has been provided for this section.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Painters, sculptors and other visual artists (53122)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

5 – Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

TEER

3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training

Major group

53 – Occupations in art, culture and sport

Sub-major group

531 – Occupations in art and culture

Minor group

5312 – Occupations in creative and performing art

Unit group

53124 – Artisans and craftspersons

Occupational profile

53124.05 – Stained glass artists

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