Roofers, Roof Tilers and Slaters Career Details
About this Career
New workers start at around £18,130. Normal pay is £30,717 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £43,926.
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in Greater London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Seals edges of roof with mortar and ensures that joints are watertight.
- Lays, aligns and secures successive overlapping layers of roofing material.
- Lays and secures underfelt and covers with hot bitumen or other adhesive compound.
- Cuts wooden battens, felt and underfelt to required size.
- Measures roof or exterior wall and calculates required amounts of underfelt, tiles, slates or thatching material.
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