flat roofer

Work site environment

• At heights
• Noisy
• Dusty
• Dangerous
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Various locations

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Install or replace asphalt shingles, wood shingles and shakes and masonry or baked clay roofing tiles on sloped roofs of buildings
• Instruct apprentices
• Supervise other workers
• 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
• Install, repair or replace built-up roofing systems using materials such as asphalt saturated felts and hot asphalt and gravel
• Install, repair or replace shingles, shakes and other roofing tiles on sloped roofs of buildings
• Install, repair or replace single-ply roofing system using waterproof sheet materials such as modified plastics, elastomeric or other asphaltic compositions
• Estimate costs and materials
• Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
• Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms

Experience and specialization

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

Additional information

Security and safety

• Bondable
• Driving record check (abstract)
• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Own tools/equipment

• Tools
• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat
• Safety glasses/goggles
• Safety harness
• Gloves