Roofer

Job Description

LMIA Status: Pending LMIA

RooFix Services Inc. has applied for a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and will be ready to extend an offer to a foreign worker once the application is approved.

Languages

• English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

• or equivalent experience

Experience

• 3 years to less than 5 years

On site

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

Work site environment

• At heights

• Noisy

• Dusty

• Dangerous

• Outdoors

Work setting

• Various locations

• Commercial

• Industrial

• Institutional

• Residential

Tasks

• 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

• 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

• Estimate costs and materials

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Roofer Trade Certification

• Working at heights training

• First Aid Certificate

• Propane in Construction Record of Training

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate

• Roofer Red Seal Certificate

• Fall Arrest Protection Training Course

Specialization or experience

• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Area of specialization

• Shingled roofs

• Conventional and inverted built-up system

• Modified roofing system

• Single ply sheet membrane roofing system

Security and safety

• Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

• Own vehicle

• 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

• Repetitive tasks

• Work under pressure

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Own tools/equipment

• Tools

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Client focus

• Dependability

• Excellent oral communication

• Excellent written communication

• Reliability

• Team player

Health benefits

• Dental plan

• Disability benefits

• Health care plan

Other benefits

• Free parking available

• Learning/training paid by employer

• Parking available

• Travel insurance