roofer

Education:

No degree, certificate or diploma.

Work site environment:

• At heights.
• Noisy.
• Dusty.
• Dangerous.
• Outdoors.

Work setting:

• Various locations.
• Commercial.
• Industrial.
• Residential.

Tasks:

• Install built-up roofing systems using materials such as asphalt saturated felts and hot asphalt and gravel.
• Install or replace asphalt shingles, wood shingles and shakes and masonry or baked clay roofing tiles on sloped roofs of buildings.
• Install roofing tiles on sloped roofs of buildings.
• Install single-ply roofing system using waterproof sheet materials, such as modified plastics, elastomeric or other asphaltic compositions.
• Repair or replace single-ply roofing systems.
• Apply waterproof coatings to concrete or other masonry surfaces below or above ground level.
• Install and repair metal roofs using hand and power tools.
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms.
• Search, locate and repair reported water leaks.
• Mix, pour and spread materials such as concrete and asphalt.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

• Working at heights training.
• Propane in Construction Record of Training.
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate.

Type of heavy equipment operated:

Industrial lift trucks and fork-lifts.

Area of specialization:

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

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Fast-paced environment.
• Physically demanding.
• Bending, crouching, kneeling.
• Hand-eye co-ordination.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Large workload.
• Repetitive tasks.
• Work under pressure.

Experience:

3 years to less than 5 years.

Employment terms options:

Overtime required.

Workplace information:

On the road job.

Financial benefits:

As per collective agreement.