The candidate will be able to
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Describe shingle system features including:
- shingle types, uses, and materials
- fasteners and fixing methods
- resistance to wind uplift and rain penetration
- shakes
- decorative shingles
- intrusions/soil pipe
- inclined valleys
- vertical surfaces
- maintenance
- ridges
- hip shingles
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Manufacturer’s:
- brochure
- installation information
Samples of:
- shingles
- shakes
- fittings
- fasteners
- fixings
- ridges
- flashing
- inclined valleys
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Describe types, materials, and purpose, and features of
- fittings: eave support trays
- abutments: top edge, side edge
- inclined valleys: sheet metal, preformed valleys, mitred
- flashings and junctions
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Interpret instructions and drawings
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Examples of:
- manufacturer’s instructions
- roofing drawings
- requirements/specifications
- architects drawings
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Use tools and equipment (hand and power) for:
- measuring, marking, cutting, and installing
- types, uses, cleaning, setting, hazards, maintenance, and storage
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Examples of tools and equipment
Examples of manufacture’s operating and maintenance manuals (O&M)
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Perform estimates for materials:
- shingles, battens, and membrane
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Sample estimates
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Perform calculations for batten spacings including:
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Sample calculations
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Make and use gauging and marking stick
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Examples of gauging and marking stick
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Calculate side and head lap for shingles
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Sample calculations
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Describe how to store and handle roofing materials including:
- on open ground
- in a covered building
- on the roof
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Describe how to lift materials onto the roof by:
- hand, winch, conveyor, hoist
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Videos of methods
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Plan the work including:
- access, start point, exit, set out, foot traffic, communication, materials, equipment, other trades
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Access methods to/from the roof depend on availability, roof type, a risk assessment, plus working at height PPE, and may include:
- step ladders, platform ladders, leaning ladders, trestles, elevated work platforms, scissor lifts, cherry pickers, boom lifts, travel towers, guard rails, mobile scaffold, and fixed scaffold
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Work safely including:
- follow safe work practices/procedures
- identify hazards
- reduce/eliminate risks
- use controls
- use personal protective equipment (PPE)
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Videos/photos of good and bad practice.
Examples of:
- PPE
- risk assessments
- safe work practices/procedures
- spills and clean up
- environmental legislation
- safety legislation
- SDS sheets for COSHH
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Roof check including:
- defects, slope angle, spacings, dimensions, squareness and compensation techniques
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Video in classroom
Practical demonstration in workshop using a roof rig
Candidate practice with coaching using a roof rig
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Set out including:
- safe manual handling methods
- safe places to put materials on the structure
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Install the breather membrane including:
- eaves support trays and ventilation if required
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Install battens
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Install shingles including:
- ridge, valley, hip, verge, main roof area, and abutment
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Mark and cut shingles using hand and power tools
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Install flashings and /or lead soakers
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Maintain a clean and tidy workplace
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Describe what to do if the weather deteriorates including:
- hot, cold, windy, and wet
- before, during, and after the work
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Clean up and dispose of waste materials
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Environmental considerations for waste materials
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