If you enjoy working with your hands, being outdoors, and want a real trade with long-term job security and high earning potential, a Roofing Apprenticeship is one of the smartest routes into the industry.
You will learn directly alongside experienced tradespeople on real projects, while completing your accredited Level 2 Roofing.
Wage
£16,640 to £26,436.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
Training course
Roofer (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday
8am till 4pm.
40 hours a week
Start date
Friday 20 November 2026
Duration
2 years
Positions available
3
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Site Preparation & Safety: Setting up edge protection, staging, safety harnesses, and maintaining safe working practices at height.
Pitched Roofing: Measuring, setting out, cutting, and fixing battens, breathable felt underlay, concrete/clay tiles, and natural slates.
Off-the-Job Training: Attending regular training blocks at an accredited training academy to practice technical rig work, building physics, and study for your End-Point Assessment (EPA).
Where you'll work
BAYNTON ROAD BRISTOL BS3 2EB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
GREENLIGHT TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Roofer (level 2)
What you'll learn
Course contents
Work safely and be aware of key health, safety and welfare issues
Plan and carry out their work to commercial standards of quality and speed
Move, handle and store resources, complying with relevant legislation and guidance
Interpret and follow verbal and written work instructions from trade supervisors and site managers
Select the required materials and resources to carry out the work
Set up, check and operate plant and/or equipment
Install related materials and components to a given specification
Use, maintain and store hand tools, power tools and associated equipment
Access, interpret and use drawings and specifications to carry out work
Carry out a range of job tasks including measuring, marking out, fitting, finishing, positioning and securing
Install plain tiles, interlocking tiles, natural slates and fibre-cement slates
Install underlay, battens and related roofing components
Install pre-formed lead and/or proprietary flashings
Install dry and wet fixed products to verges, hips, ridge and valleys
Install insulation and ventilation products for warm and cold roof construction
Install roof windows and flashing kits
Clean, dry and prepare surfaces for specified system
Install vapour control layers to prevent vapour coming through the building to protect insulation
Install mechanically fixed and/or adhered insulation as required by the given specification
Install reinforced bitumen, single-ply and liquid applied waterproofing systems
Terminate waterproofing systems at the perimeter upstands and/or open edges to the given specification
Maintain and repair flat and/or pitched roofs (in excess of 10 degrees)
Work around outlets, pipes, soil and vent fittings, safety systems and roof lights
Assess suitability of structure to receive cladding materials
Install built-up, standing seam, secret fix, composite and fibre-cement systems and rainwater goods
Maintain, repair and over-sheet existing roofs
Install flashings, vents, fittings and components as appropriate to the specification.
Work around penetrations and upstands
Training schedule
This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
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