Shingler Specific Skills

Install or replace asphalt shingles, wood shingles and shakes and masonry or baked clay roofing tiles on sloped roofs of buildings

Roofer Specific Skills

Install, repair or replace built-up roofing systems using materials such as asphalt saturated felts and hot asphalt and gravel; Install, repair or replace single-ply roofing system using waterproof sheet materials such as modified plastics, elastomeric or other asphaltic compositions; Install, repair or replace shingles, shakes and other roofing tiles on sloped roofs of buildings; Install and repair metal roofs using hand and power tools; Apply waterproof coatings to concrete or other masonry surfaces below or above ground level

Work Location Information Various locations

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

Fast-paced environment; Work under pressure; Physically demanding; Bending, crouching, kneeling

Transportation/Travel Information Own transportation

Work Site Environment At heights

Own Tools/Equipment Steel-toed safety boots

Work Setting Residential; Commercial

Weight Handling Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Additional Skills

Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Experience 2 years to less than 3 years

Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.) Not required

Education No degree, certificate or diploma

Languages English