Roofer

Languages spoken

English

Education level

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years
• Pay rate : $32 per hour
• Hours : 30-40 per week
• Terms of employment : Full-time, permanent

Travel

Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Site conditions

• At heights
• Noisy
• Dusty
• Outdoors

Setting

Various locations

Duties

• 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
• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• 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
• Install sheet metal flashings
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Personal qualities

• Dependability
• Reliability