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O*NET detailed work activityReplace vehicle glass
Stays humanHands-on work
3 jobs10 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Repair vehicle components, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Apply a bead of urethane around the perimeter of each pinchweld and dress the remaining urethane on the pinchwelds so that it is of uniform level and thickness.
- Install, repair, or replace safety glass and related materials, such as back glass heating elements, on vehicles or equipment.
- Install replacement glass in vehicles.
- Remove broken or damaged glass windshields or window glass from motor vehicles, using hand tools to remove screws from frames holding glass.
- Allow all glass parts installed with urethane ample time to cure, taking temperature and humidity into account.
- Install rubber channeling strips around edges of glass or frames to weatherproof windows or to prevent rattling.
- Replace damaged glass on vehicles.
- Repair window sash frames, attach weather stripping and channels to frames, and replace window glass, using hand tools.