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Helpers--Roofers

$37.02K Median Salary 1K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 4.9% Job Growth

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About This Career

Help roofers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Reported Job Titles

Roofer Helper

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Trunk Strength

Gross Body Equilibrium

Manual Dexterity

Multilimb Coordination

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Clarity

Visualization

Depth Perception

Extent Flexibility

Finger Dexterity

Speech Recognition

Static Strength

Far Vision

Flexibility of Closure

Gross Body Coordination

Information Ordering

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Stamina

Knowledge

Building and Construction

Administration and Management

Customer and Personal Service

Mathematics

Public Safety and Security

Mechanical

Transportation

Education and Training

Skills

Coordination

Active Listening

Monitoring

Technology Skills

Analytical or scientific software

Data base user interface and query software

Computer aided design CAD software

Project management software

Tools

Hoists

Hip and ridge

Roofing mop

Blow torch

Utility knives

Hand sprayers

Shears

Kettle exchangers

Staple guns

Power blowers

Manlift or personnel lift

Tape measures

Bituminous material distributors

Shackle

Vacuum cleaners

Plaster or mortar mixers

Liquid leak detectors

Soldering iron

Power drills

Blocks or pulleys

Lifts

Safety boots

Power caulking guns

Roofing brush

Punches or nail sets or drifts

Pressure or steam cleaners

Safety harnesses or belts

Chip Spreaders

Paint rollers

Below the hook device

Power nail guns

Metal cutters

Broadcast spreaders

Tile cutter

Scissor lift or lift table

Heat guns

Saws

Wallpaper roller

Positioning jig

Power saws

Bevels

Spatulas

Tinners snips

Scrubbing machines

Hacksaw

Two way radios

Trowels

Ladders

Air compressors

Screwdrivers

Hard hats

Slings

Nibblers

Respirators

Scaffolding

Pry bars

Hammers

Safety glasses

Power buggies

Notebook computers

Planes

Chalk lines

Gas generators

Hatchets

Axes

Lifting hooks

Wood chisels

Caulking guns

Adjustable wrenches

Personal computers

Pipe wrenches

T squares

Templates

Skid steer loaders

Abilities

Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Gross Body Coordination: The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Stamina: The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

Knowledge

Building and Construction: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Transportation: Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Skills

Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Technology Skills

Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project

Tools

Hoists: Hoisting equipment
Hip and ridge: Roofing spades; Shake tear-off tools; Shingle rippers; Tear-off shovels
Roofing mop: Tar mops
Blow torch: Underwater blow torches
Utility knives: Precision knives
Hand sprayers: Spray guns
Shears: Metal shears
Kettle exchangers: Double-burner pump kettles; Single burner draw kettles; Single burner pump kettles
Staple guns: Stapling machines
Power blowers:
Manlift or personnel lift: Manlift buckets
Tape measures: Diameter tape measures
Bituminous material distributors: Bitumen applicators
Shackle: Shackles
Vacuum cleaners: Car vacuums
Plaster or mortar mixers: Mud mixers
Liquid leak detectors: Liquid leak testing equipment; Refrigerant leak detectors
Soldering iron: Soldering irons
Power drills: Hand drills
Blocks or pulleys: Sheave blocks
Lifts: Power lifts
Safety boots: Caulk boots
Power caulking guns: Pneumatic caulking guns
Roofing brush: Roofers' brushes
Punches or nail sets or drifts: Mini punch sets
Pressure or steam cleaners: Pressure cleaners
Safety harnesses or belts: Climbing belts
Chip Spreaders: Gravelers; Hot or cold process power gravelers
Paint rollers: Paint application rollers
Below the hook device: Beam spreaders
Power nail guns: Nailing machines
Metal cutters: Aviation snips
Broadcast spreaders: Manual gravel spreaders
Tile cutter: Tile cutters
Scissor lift or lift table: Scissor lifts
Heat guns:
Saws: Multi-purpose saw sets
Wallpaper roller: Seam rollers
Positioning jig: Sharpening jigs
Power saws: Chain saws
Bevels: Sliding t-bevels
Spatulas: Adhesive spreaders
Tinners snips: Compound snips; Snips; Straight snips; Tin snips
Scrubbing machines: Power broom street sweepers; Self-propelled sweepers; Tow brooms
Hacksaw: Hacksaws
Two way radios:
Trowels: Pointing trowels; Round-point trowels
Ladders: Extension ladders
Air compressors:
Screwdrivers: Mini screwdriver sets
Hard hats:
Slings: Rigging equipment
Nibblers:
Respirators: Half-face respirators; Respirator hose masks
Scaffolding:
Pry bars:
Hammers:
Safety glasses: Protective safety glasses
Power buggies:
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Planes: Shapers; Spindle shapers
Chalk lines: Chalk line markers; Roofing layout tapes
Gas generators: Power generators
Hatchets: Carpenters' hatchets; Metric roofing hatchets; Standard roofing hatchets; Wood shingling hatchets
Axes:
Lifting hooks: Cargo hooks
Wood chisels:
Caulking guns:
Adjustable wrenches: Adjustable hand wrenches
Personal computers:
Pipe wrenches:
T squares:
Templates: Machine templates
Skid steer loaders: Bobcats