Courses

You, the student, will begin to formulate a frame of reference for future glazing topics and begin understanding and discussing topics within the workplace.

This course will introduce you to glazing systems, their differences and the job flow process overall. It will cover the basics of what a project manager does, how they fit into the project and the components of a glazing system.

Course Highlight: An extensive glossary that runs throughout the course.

By taking this course, you the student, will gain an understanding of the importance of shop drawings and begin to understand the necessary procedure for managing information.

This course will introduce you to glass and glazing shop drawings. It will discuss who uses shop drawings, their components, and what goes into building their components.

Course Highlight: Visualize shop drawing components with real examples.

You, the student will gain a much clearer understanding of the submittal and approval process, what you’ll be responsible for, and the steps necessary to run the process from start to finish.

This course gives you an introduction to the submittal and approval process.  It discusses the common submittal flow, using a submittal log and what items are required to submit.  It also discusses each item for a more in-depth overview of the required items.

Course Highlight: Visualize a submittal workflow and submittal log.

You, the student, will not only start to understand the importance of the material ordering process, but you’ll have the tools to maintain accuracy.

This course covers how to quantify and order the stock lengths of a glazing project. It discusses optimization of materials, the different methods and utilizes a hybrid method for a real-world example.  The course also covers what items you need to have on hand to quantify materials, how to complete a take-off, and how to send your list to the manufacturer.

Course Highlight: Our most in-depth course. Gain FREE access to DICE, our length-cut optimization tool.

You, the student, will begin to dig into the importance and nuances of ordering accessories for a glazing project and how that differs from other materials.

This course guides you through ordering the accessories of a glazing project, quantifying them, and identifying which are required for your project.

Course Highlights: See a real-world example taken from the Tubelite price book. See how an order is compiled.

You, the student, will begin to dig into the importance and nuances of ordering sealant and backer rod for a glazing project and how that differs from other materials.

This course continues the ordering process and covers the different types of sealant, how to quantify them as well as required backer rod.

Course Highlights: See a real-world example taken from the Tubelite price book. See how the order is compiled.

You, the student, will begin to dig into the importance and nuances of ordering glass for a glazing project and how that differs from other materials.

This course covers identifying the different types of glass on your project, determining glass sizes and how to organize and submit your order to the manufacturer.

 Course Highlights: Learn what goes into a glass worksheet.

You, the student will go through what we call an “in-depth overview” of fabrication. You’ll gain a “conversational” understanding of the different parts of fabrication and a solid foundation in which to continuing your education.

This module is an introduction to the fabrication process overall.  It covers the project managers involvement in the process, common tools required as well as information required by the fabricators to do their job.

Course Highlights: Learn what it takes to go from shop drawing submittals to fabrication. Also, learn about a manufacturer’s (Tubelite) installation process.

You, the student, will gain a high-level understanding of your role and responsibilities once the project is underway.

It covers the topics of safety, project phasing, equipment needed, as well as the punch list process.

Course Highlights: Use our project review checklist as a tool to review project items with your installers prior to mobilizing onsite.

You, the student, will gain an understanding of your role and responsibilities upon project completion.

This course introduces the close out process, creating as-built shop drawings, and discusses warranties, along with the required maintenance manuals.

Course Highlights: See examples of “as-built” shop drawings, manufacturer warranties, and a maintenance schedule.

You, the student, will gain an understanding of the role of an engineer and what part they play in a glazing project.

This course introduces delegated design, the role of a professional engineer, what a PE reviews, and their role in the shop drawing review process.

Course Highlights: See workflow charts that explain the PE’s role in the shop drawing review process.

You, the student, will gain an understanding of multi span curtain wall in the glazing industry.

This course introduces the working elements of multi span curtain wall, including live-load and dead-load.

Course Highlights: Tubelite specific diagrams / images pertaining to floor line anchors, splices, floor line movements and corner anchors.

You, the student, will gain knowledge in some of the common issues that cause leaks in glazing systems.

This course explains how storefront and curtain wall systems handle water distribution differently, and common issues we see that cause leaks in those systems, along with the components of the system and how they work.

Course Highlights: Tubelite specific images of exact components that will need special attention during installation, to avoid leaks.

You, the student, will gain a thorough understanding of the importance of reviewing shop drawings and utilizing a checklist.

This course will go through the review process of shop drawings, typical project pitfalls and the importance of using a checklist.

Course Highlights: A basic shop drawing checklist for you to utilize.

You, the student, will learn about the 4 different types of building movements and building design.

This course will discuss the different types of building movements: live load, thermal, wind load and seismic, and will touch on the system design of buildings.

Course Highlights: A general equation for thermal movement of a glazing system.

You, the student, will learn the importance of project communication across all fields, and some of the common issues glaziers will face on the job.

In this course, you will learn how imperative it is to communicate with project managers, installers, general contractors, and other specific trades to avoid confusion, frustration and other major issues for an project. Learn issues you might face with larger glass lites, fasteners, framing alignments, etc.

Course Highlights: Watch a video of a typical jobsite.

You, the student, will skim over different resources available to continue education.

In this course, you will review all outlets available to you to gain more educational information, such as social media applications, manufacturer websites, and your coworkers.

Course Highlights: Access to Tubelite’s CW400 curtain wall system.

You, the student, will gain more insight on the fabrication and assembly side of a glazing project and learn about the different levels of fabrication.

In this course, we’ll discuss each level of fabrication and where fabrication might suit your crew best (on or off the jobsite), and any items to take into consideration during the fabrication process.

In this course, you will learn the different processes of building construction and be introduced to the increasingly popular style of design-build and design assist projects, and you will learn about the involvement of the glazing contractor in each.

You, the student, will begin to understand how metal panels work on the exterior of commercial buildings, alongside glass and glazing systems.

This course will introduce you to the various types metal panel systems, what they are composed of and how they work on commercial buildings.

Course Highlight: A video on Z-Girts

You, the student, will dive right into the various storefront systems that Tubelite has to offer, how they are comprised, and what type of purpose they serve in different weather regions.

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You, the student, will learn the basics of door hardware, including hinges, locks, exit devices, and closers. You will also start to gain an understanding of the ADA requirements for doors.

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This course will introduce you to all glass and heavy tempered glazing options.  We will discuss partitions, entrances, door hardware, smoke baffles, structural glass walls, decorative glass and glass flooring.  This will set the stage for further training into each of these individual areas.

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