The RoofCert accreditation program aims to address significant challenges in the roofing industry, including an aging workforce, skills shortages, and poor public perception. Initiated with funding from CITB, RoofCert focuses on upskilling, attracting diverse talent, and enhancing efficiency through collaboration and a structured training program. The program includes a five-point pledge to establish industry standards, clear career progression, and broad organizational support to improve roofing professionalism.

1. RoofCERT
Accreditation programme for the Roofing Industry

2. Challenges facing Roofing Sector Today
• Recruitment - attracting talented people into the industry
• Ageing workforce - industry profile is such that key skills are retiring from the
sector without being replaced
• Reputation with consumer - todays roofer is not seen to be a trusted skilled
construction worker
• Reputation with industry - within the wider construction sector the skills of the
roofer are often undervalued
• Unclear drivers to improve - disconnect between workforce skills improvement
and increased business performance

3. Establishing RoofCERT?
CITB has funded creation of an accreditation programme to protect and support
growth of roofing industry
RoofCERT is tasked with addressing the following industry needs:
• Upskilling workforce
• Improving efficiency
• Attracting new diverse talent
• Encouraging use of technology
• Improving perception of roofing industry
This will only be achieved by collaboration throughout the industry

4. Why RoofCERT will succeed ..
RoofCERT success will be driven by:
• Partnering with bodies inside & outside the sector to promote roofing as a career
• Creating an inclusive, consistent & attractive image to attract a diverse workforce
• Clarifying the job roles and skill requirements within the industry
• Demonstrating clear career progression paths
• Outlining benefits of progression within roofing – financial and career
• Ensuring the delivery mechanism for accreditation is easy to understand
• Collaborating to form an industry supply chain of quality training
• Engaging with those beyond existing federation membership

5. Learnings from programmes in other sectors
• Engagement and more engagement - driver for collaboration (initiation and throughout)
• Profiling of stakeholders (being aware of evolution)
• Make it easy … make it aspirational (something contractors have an interest in)
• Solve other problems along the way - make sure it dovetails to industry needs
• Differentiation from ‘cowboys’
• Help improve the business of the contractor
• Reduce defects / Increase capacity / Increase productivity / Win more work
• Adopt technology and modern communication methods
• Wider programme - be there when things are tough - celebrate & promote when things
are good … championing the positive change

6. Collaboration agenda at the heart of RoofCERT
• A programme delivered for the industry by the industry
• Trade Federations uniting around an Industry Pledge
• A significant communication plan to ensure cross stakeholder engagement
• RoofCERT being true to its word to the industry and its partners
• RoofCERT programme attains significant checks and balances
(what we deliver represents the real views)
• External relationships - positioning roofing alongside other construction disciplines
• Working with external experts to our industry and integrating into our practises

7. Roofing Industry Professionalism Pledge
The Roofing Industry is committed to a five-point programme that delivers:
1. An industry standard of Certification for roofers that is recognised by Government, the
supply chain and consumers
2. A sector-leading training programme focused on innovation and knowledge sharing to
ensure the skills gap is bridged
3. Clear career progression with ongoing access to Continuing Professional Development
4. Opportunities open to all to reflect our diverse society
5. Support by all leading organisations in the built environment and relevant broader
industry professional bodies

8. RoofCERT delivery structure
RoofCERT utilises existing specific sector knowledge of trade federations to ensure outcomes from Activity Groups are achievable and representative

9. Timeline
Formation of Leadership Committee - April 2018
Collaboration agreement with Industry Trade Federations - May 2018
Commencement of engagement programme - June 2018
• Formation of Activity Groups - June 2018
• Development of new industry brand - July 2018
• Initiation of communication plan - July 2018
• Activity groups commence work - July 2018
• Regional programme of communication - July - September 2018
• Accreditation update brief to industry - October 2018
• Accreditation commencement January 2019

10. How do I get involved & stay up to date?
Communication launches:
• Social media - August 2018
• Newsletter launch - September 2018
• Website launch - October 2018
Contact:
Jon Vanstone
07958 405251
jonvanstone@nfrc.co.uk

11. Any Questions?