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Skills that raise your rate

• Commercial flat roofing

  Single-ply membrane, modified bitumen and torch-applied systems. Bigger jobs, steadier work, more money than shingles.

• Metal roofing

  Standing seam panels are the premium residential product and there are never enough crews who can do them well.

• Torch safety certification

  The roofing contractors association runs a torch safety program that many commercial jobs require before you can light anything.

• Estimating

  Measuring a roof from the ground or from aerial imagery and pricing it correctly. This is how roofers stop climbing.

• Fall protection trainer

  A short course that lets you run safety on a site. Worth extra on any crew.