Roofing technician

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma
  
  

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• At heights
• Noisy
• Dangerous
• Outdoors
  
  

Work setting

• Various locations
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Residential
• Willing to relocate
  
  

Responsibilities

Tasks

• 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 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
  
  

Supervision

• No supervision responsibility
  
  

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Occupational Health and Safety Certificate
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
  
  

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

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
  
  

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Weight handling

• Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
  
  

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
  
  

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Reliability
• Team player
  
  

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits
  
  

Financial benefits

• Bonus
• Group insurance benefits
  
  

Long term benefits

• Long-term care insurance
  
  

Other Benefits

• On-site amenities
• Other benefits
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Team building opportunities
• Transportation provided by employer