New pitched roofing apprenticeship programme
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We are pleased to announce we shall be starting another Pitched Roofing Specialist Apprentice Programme in April 2013. This 24-month course consists of 23 days off-site training at our roofing training centre in Exeter. It concludes with the NVQ assessment through the on-site assessment training route. The course is fully funded by ConstructionSkills for all employers who are levy registered and meet grant requirements.
The programme has been running for several years. It has been highly successful and produces confident, NVQ-qualified roofers with skills in the following aspects of pitched roofing:
- employment rights and responsibilities
- pitched roofing terminology, materials, components, battens and membranes
- natural slating
- plain and interlocking tiles
- shingles
- man-made fibre cement slates
- lead dressing, and
- solar panel installation
The following general health and safety training is also included:
- working at height
- asbestos awareness
- abrasive wheels
- manual handling
- emergency first aid
- fire safety
For further information, please refer to our roof training and pitched roofing courses.