roofer

Your 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 shingles and shakes on sloped roofs of buildings.
• Repair or replace single-ply roofing systems.
• Repair 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.

Requirements

Education Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• First Aid Certificate.
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate.
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course.

Own tools/equipment Steel-toed safety boots.

Personal suitability

• Dependability.
• Reliability.
• Team player.

1 year to less than 2 years.

Other

Work setting Various locations.

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Green job Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes.