Occupational Profiles

This group performs some or all of the following duties:
 

Roofers

• 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
• Apply waterproof coatings to concrete or other masonry surfaces below or above ground level
• Install and repair metal roofs using hand and power tools
• Set up scaffolding to provide safe access to roofs
• May estimate materials required and quote costs.

Shinglers

• Install or replace asphalt shingles, wood shingles and shakes and masonry or baked clay roofing tiles on sloped roofs of buildings
• Set up scaffolding to provide safe access to roofs.

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• For roofers, completion of a two- to three-year apprenticeship program or Over three years of work experience in the trade are usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Roofing trade certification is compulsory in Quebec and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces and the territories.
• Trade certification for residential steep roofers is available, but voluntary, in British Columbia.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified roofers upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
• Shinglers require one to two years of on-the-job training.