People who wish to start a career in the roofing industry and are motivated to work hard to become valuable members of the construction workforce. Apprentices will need to have a good head for heights, and be capable of reading and interpreting plans, instructions and drawings, as well as being able to calculate areas and quantities of materials required.
The course has been designed in close consultation with industry and is offered as part of the Apprenticeship programme. It provides training and assessment in plain tiles, interlocking tiles, cement fibre slates and so on, to cover valleys, hips and general areas together with the practical and theoretical knowledge to achieve the roof slating and tiling framework.
Course content
Key Skills
- Application of numbers
- Communications
Induction Programme
- Mandatory subjetcs
- Drug and alcohol awareness
- Mobile towers
- Fire fighting
- Safe use of ladders
- Manual handling
Practical training
- Prepare and mix mortars
- Confirm and interpret information for construction operations
- Conform to general workplace health and safety for construction operations
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for construction operations
- Comply with organisational procedures for construction operations
- Comply with the given programme for construction operations
- Install fibre-cement slates and related materials
- Install flashings to standard roof details
- Install plain tiles and related materials
- Install regular sized natural slates and related materials
- Install single lap roof tiles and related materials
- Install underlay, battens and related background materials
- Strip and reclaim slates, tiles and related materials
Entry requirements
All candidates will be required to complete a Skills Learning exercise, and some will need to attend the college for further tests.
Training methods
- Practical/hands on
- Classroom/tutorials
Methods of assessment
All knowledge and understanding assessments will be carried out during attendance at the college. Arrangements will be made to assess apprentices in the workplace during on-site periods. Guidance in portfolio collation and assessments for an NVQ Level 2 qualification will be discussed with the employer and apprentice.
Qualification/Certification
- Apprenticeship – Roof Slating and Tiling
- NVQ Level 2 – Roof Slating and Tiling
- Intermediate Certificate (ICA) Roof Slating and Tiling
- Key Skills – Level 1
- Mobile Towers
- First Aid appointed persons
- Fire fighting
- Health and Safety test
- Safe Use of Ladders
- Manual Handling
- Abrasive Wheels
This apprenticeship is available through the following campuses:
NNC Midlands (Birmingham)
NNC South (Erith)
Year 1: 5 x 3-week blocks
Year 2: 2 x 3-week blocks and 1 x 2-week block
*Note that this course runs at NCC Midlands as a 15-week block Year 1 and a 10 week block Year 2
The remaining part of the programme is spent on-site with the apprentice’s employer to gain work experience.
For details of our apprenticeship programmes call 0844 8440409
For apprenticeship recruitment enquiries call 0844 8440043
To find out more about this apprenticeship download the training programme (328kb PDF file).
