Our Professional Roofing Courses cover the topics necessary to become a roofer.

Pre-Requisites
To enrol on this programme, you don’t need any previous experience of roofing.
The most important requirement is a desire to learn.

Learning Method
The course is provided as a series of practical workshop modules. Each module ends with an assessment to ensure you achieve the desired competency that will determine your progress through the course.

This is a progressive course where your ability will improve over each module under the guidance of an experienced and highly qualified tutor.

Practical Workshops
You will be spending your time under instruction at our training centre, to complete the practical modules that make up your programme. Your progress will be discussed formally at the end of each module and you will have the opportunity to discuss in depth any course related issues with an instructor at any time during the course.

Throughout the course you will be building a portfolio of work which will be used as proof of your accomplishments. You will need to provide your own overalls and steel toe-capped working shoes, although these can be provided at cost price should you need them. All necessary tools and materials will be provided.

Course Duration:
1 to 4 Weeks (up to 2 years to complete the course)

Programme Details
The programme comprises practical work which can be completed at your own pace; you decide when you attend, whenever you find it convenient and practical to fit the training within your current schedule.

We take into consideration factors such as your current working hours or other studies you are undertaking.

You tell us...our courses are entirely flexible.

The individual modules have been developed alongside building industry requirements to provide a good understanding of the subject matter in preparation for the working environment.

The practical days are designed to instil in you the fundamental skills to work with appropriate tools,
machines and materials.

The modules include:

• Estimating, planning and calculating areas against material requirements.

• Felting, membranes and working with bitumen backed roofing materials.

• Slate replacement.

• Basic tiling.

• Basic slating.

• Portfolio building.

• Instruction and practice of using
  disc cutters.

• Installing lead soakers

• Lead work on aprons, cloaking and step flashing.

• Constructing lead valleys and GRP valleys.

• Cement work to verges.

• Cement work to ridges.

• Learning how to cut slate using the guillotine and the disc cutter.

• Concrete tile cutting.

• Learning how to felt and baton to hips.

• Slating and tiling to hips and valleys.

• Dry verges and cladding of fascias.

• Installing uPVC fascias with uPVC capping.

• Installing uPVC soffits including ventilation soffits.

Tutor Support
Our tutors are available to provide you with all the necessary support to successfully complete your training programme.

If this support is required whilst you are not actually attending a practical workshop, you can contact a tutor by telephone. This service is available between 8am and 4pm from Monday to Friday.

Careers advice
One of the benefits of training with Access Training is that our instructors have vast experience of working in the industry and are only too keen to pass on their knowledge.

They can guide you in the right direction for either gaining employment or becoming self-employed.

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