Roofers

Minimum Qualifications

Apprenticeship Overview

Length of Program
  • 3 years
  • Classes are one day a week (September through May)
Courses Required:
  • Safety, First Aid and CPR, Math, Small Engine Repair, Roofing Systems, Estimating, Time Management, Blueprint Reading, and Personal Financial Planning.

Scope of Work

Roofers specialize in putting roofs on buildings and other structures to make them waterproof and weatherproof. They apply composition shingles, tile, slate and composition roofs. They use modern equipment to handle their materials, thereby lessening the physical exertion that was formerly required. Roofers are also called to waterproof and damp-proof walls and other building surfaces.

Working Conditions

With the exception of waterproofing of some walls, the roofers work outdoors in all kinds of weather and only shut down operations when the weather becomes too severe. Most of the time they work on the top of buildings installing roofing materials. In their work, they do a great deal of climbing, kneeling, standing and walking.

Contact

Roofers and Waterproofers Local 70 Apprentice School

1451 Old Pinckney Rd
Howell, MI 48843

(517) 548-4839

FAX (517) 548-5398

apprenticeship@rooferslocal70.com

Roofers Local 149 Apprentice School

10621 Capital
Oak Park, MI 48237

(248) 543-3847

FAX (248) 543-3871