Roofer Trainee

**Work Site Environment**:

- At heights
- Outdoors

**Work Setting**:

- Various locations

**Tasks**:

- Install or replace asphalt shingles, wood shingles and shakes and masonry or baked clay roofing tiles on sloped roofs of buildings
- Erect and install scaffolding, falsework and other working platforms
- Remove rubble and other debris at construction sites

**Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses**:

- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
- Driver's License (Class 3 or D)

**Area of Specialization**:

- Shingled roofs

**Security and Safety**:

- Bondable

**Transportation/Travel Information**:

- Own transportation

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Handling heavy loads

**Weight Handling**:

- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

**Own Tools/Equipment**:

- Steel-toed safety boots

**Personal Suitability**:

- Dependability
- Reliability
- Team player
- Flexibility

**Screening questions**:

- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?