Roofer

Work site environment

• At heights
• Dusty
• Outdoors

Work setting

• Commercial
• Residential

Responsibilities

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
• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• Repair or replace shingles and shakes on sloped roofs of buildings
• Repair roofing systems
• Install and repair metal roofs using hand and power tools

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Reliability