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Ocupacions

Roofer

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Asphalt roofer Cladding installer Felt roofer House roofer Roof slater Roof tiler Roofer Roofing carpenter Tinsmith

Roofers cover structures with roofs. They install the weight-bearing elements of a roof, either flat or pitched, then cover it with a weatherproof layer.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Studying drawings, specifications and construction sites to determine materials required;
(b) Covering roof frameworks with slate and pre-fabricated tiles to cover pitched roofs;
(c) Laying a waterproof shield and fixing metallic or synthetic materials to a building’s frame;
(d) Sizing and cutting roofing materials to fit around edges, corners and protuberances such as chimneys;
(e) Using natural materials such as thatching to provide roof coverings;
(f) Creating temporary structures such as scaffolding and ladders.

Knowledge

  • Building and civil engineering
  • Electricity and energy
  • Architecture and town planning
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Transport services

Digital competencies

  • Installing roofing
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Using precision measuring equipment
  • Monitoring quality of products
  • Maintaining operational records

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Supporting others
  • Working efficiently
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Craft and related trades workers

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

Building finishers and related trades workers

Roofers

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Roofers

49

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

26,63%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-14,04% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

28,57%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

61,22%

Part-time contracts

1,48% Turnover index

47

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-18%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

96%

4%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Building finishers and related trades workers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Roofers

Administrative and support service activities
28%
Construction
16%
Manufacturing
12%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
11%
Other service activities
11%
Others
22%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.