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 sheet metal flashings; 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; Repetitive tasks; Handling heavy loads; Physically demanding; Hand-eye co-ordination; Bending, crouching, kneeling; Large workload

Work Site Environment Dangerous; Outdoors; At heights; Noisy; Dusty

Own Tools/Equipment

Steel-toed safety boots; Hard hat; Safety glasses/goggles; Gloves

Work Setting

Residential; Institutional; Industrial; Commercial

Weight Handling Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Area of Specialization

Tiled roofs; Shingled roofs; Skylights; Conventional and inverted built-up system; Rigid pre-formed roofing system; Single ply sheet membrane roofing system; Modified roofing system

Additional Skills

Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications; Instruct apprentices; Estimate costs and materials; Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Experience 1 year to less than 2 years

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificateor equivalent experience

Languages English