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courses available:
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Roofing
Training Courses
This course is designed for the practical and quicker learner, either to cover the basics for working at home or to add a skill for those already in the building trade. The focus will be on practical experience rather than classroom learning. Extra assistance will be given in areas which you may find difficult. This course will help build your confidence and knowledge but we would encourage further training should you wish to achieve a greater degree of expertise in the trade. Start dates are flexible to suit your needs.
We are able to offer a longer intense certified course, which will lead to a National Qualification and your CSCS Card – please call for details.
What will I learn?
You will learn to set out roofing battens to accommodate a variety of appropriate roof coverings; such as concrete and clay tiles along with composite roof slates. A small amount of theory will cover undercloaking, soakers and flashing around the chimney stack.
The one week programme consists of:
- Fixing fascia boards
- Felt and battens
- Laying rosemary tiles
- 12” Redland profile tiles
- Composite slates
Remember: cleanliness and tidiness is vital to the safety of the roofer.
What do I need to bring?
You will be required to bring still capped boots or shoes and overalls (reasonable priced work boots and overalls will be on sale at the training centre). All tools and other materials will be provided for the duration of your training.
Please bring a spare pair of shoes to change into at the end of the day.
4 Week Intense Roofing Course – Work Toward Your NVQ
This course will help you build your confidence and knowledge; we would encourage further training should you wish to achieve a greater degree of expertise in the trade. The courses we run cover the following:
- Slating
- Tiling
- Leadwork (including valleys, abutments and chimneys)
- Repair work
- Velux Roof Lights
- Cement work (hips, ridges, valleys and verges)
- Working at heights
We are able to design and deliver a course to your requirements and specifications.
Below is an example of a 4 week introduction course to Roof Slating and Tiling, (this would count toward the underpinning knowledge for an NVQ2)
Week 1
Induction
Health & Safety
Fire Procedures
Basic Roofing Procedures (slating & Tiling)
Tools & Equipment
NVQ Process
Week 2
Estimating and Planning
Feel & Battening Procedures
Basic Slating
Basic Tiling
NVQ Portfolio Building
Week 3
Training in safe use of disc cutters
Installation of lead soakers, flashings and valleys
Running verges and valleys
Cement work including verges and valleys
Felt and Battening to hips, verges and valleys
Week 4
Felt and Battening to hips, verges and valleys
Slating and Tiling to hips, verges and valleys
Skills and knowledge test
CITB and City & Guilds are now looking at ways in which evidence of prior achievements can be simply and cost effectively included in the assessment process for construction NVQs.
To achieve NVQs, all candidates have to prove that they are competent to do a specified range of work to standards acceptable in the industry, and to the satisfaction of employers and their customers. If these qualifications are going to be effective and acceptable it will be desirable for employers or their nominated employees to help in deciding when a person is competent. This in company/on site assessment is called Work Based Recording.
You will be required to bring a work overall and steel capped work boots.