Roofers

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Angle brackets (Adjustable roof brackets)
• Air compressors
• Utility knives (Angle knives)
• Axes
• Workshop presses (Bench-mount hand brakes)
• Bituminous material distributors (Bitumen applicators)
• Hatchets (Carpenters' hatchets)
• Caulking guns
• Chalk lines (Chalk line markers)
• Ladders (Chicken ladders)
• Power saws (Circular saws)
• Hammers (Claw hammers)
• Workshop presses (Cleat benders)
• Shears (Clipping shears)
• Tinners snips (Compound snips)
• Punching pliers (Core cutters)
• Blow torches (Corner roofing seamers)
• Desktop computers
• Kettle exchangers (Double-burner pump kettles)
• Blow torches (Double-lock seamers)
• Pipe bending tools (Downspout crimpers)
• Utility knives (Draw knives)
• Liquid leak detectors (Electronic leak detectors)
• Safety harnesses or belts (Fall arrest systems)
• Angle brackets (Fixed-roof brackets)
• Shears (Foot squaring shears)
• Power saws (Gas-powered chop saws)
• Chip Spreaders (Gravelers)
• Cold chisels (Grooving tools)
• Staple guns (Hammer tackers)
• Hammers
• Lug crimping tool dies (Hand crimpers)
• Punches or nail sets or drifts (Hand punches)
• Sheet metal pliers (Hand roofing double seamers)
• Welders (Heat welders)
• Blow torches (Heating torches)
• Blocks or pulleys (Hoisting wheels)
• Air dryers (Hot air blowers)
• Welders (Hot air welding machines)
• Chip Spreaders (Hot or cold process power gravelers)
• Hoists (Hydraulic swing beam hoists)
• Heat tracing equipment (Infrared thermometers)
• Safety shoes (Korker cleats)
• Scaffolding stabilizers (Ladder braces)
• Scaffolding (Ladder jacks)
• Scaffolding stabilizers (Ladder levelers)
• Scaffolding stabilizers (Ladder standoffs)
• Ladders
• Laser printers
• Blocks or pulleys (Long ladder hoisting wheels)
• Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
• Measuring wheels for distance (Measuring wheels)
• Shears (Membrane slitters)
• Hatchets (Metric roofing hatchets)
• Hammers (Nail hammers)
• Pullers (Nail pullers)
• Pullers (Nail strippers)
• Notebook computers
• Personal computers
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
• Hammers (Plastic hammers)
• Pneumatic nail drivers (Pneumatic air nailers)
• Trowels (Pointing trowels)
• Rivet tools (Pop rivet guns)
• Power drills
• Hoists (Power hoists)
• Cutting machines (Power roof cutters)
• Roof rippers (Power roof rippers)
• Blow torches (Propane torches)
• Pry bars
• Putty knives
• Power saws (Reciprocating saws)
• Hatchets (Riggers' axes)
• Hammers (Rip hammers)
• Magnetic tools (Rolling magnetic sweepers)
• Air dryers (Roof dryers)
• Safety hooks (Roof hooks)
• Protractors (Roof pitch finders)
• Power nail guns (Roofing coil nailers)
• Handrails (Roofing guardrails)
• Utility knives (Roofing knives)
• Chalk lines (Roofing layout tapes)
• Blow torches (Roofing seamers)
• Safety shoes (Roofing shoes)
• Roof rippers (Roofing spades)
• Roof rippers (Roofing tearoff forks)
• Swaging tools (Rotary machines)
• Trowels (Round-point trowels)
• Safety harnesses or belts (Safety belts)
• Fall protection lanyard (Safety lanyards)
• Scaffolding
• Pullers (Scraper/pullers)
• Welders (Seam finishing machines)
• Cold chisels (Seaming chisels)
• Hammers (Seaming hammers)
• Sheet metal pliers (Seaming pliers)
• Welders (Semiautomatic welding machines)
• Roof rippers (Shake tear-off tools)
• Shears
• Tongs (Sheet metal hand tongs)
• Hoists (Shingle ladder hoists)
• Roof rippers (Shingle rippers)
• Power saws (Shingle saws)
• Shovels (Shingle shovels)
• Blocks or pulleys (Short ladder hoisting wheels)
• Kettle exchangers (Single burner draw kettles)
• Kettle exchangers (Single burner pump kettles)
• Blow torches (Single seamers)
• Soldering irons or guns (Single seaming irons)
• Shears (Slate cutters)
• Hammers (Slate hammers)
• Roof rippers (Slate rippers)
• Anvils (Slaters' anvils)
• Tinners snips (Snips)
• Soldering irons or guns (Soldering irons)
• Pry bars (Spud bars)
• Pry bars (Spud/scraper bars)
• Hatchets (Standard roofing hatchets)
• Tinners snips (Straight snips)
• Roofing mops (Tar mops)
• Roof rippers (Tear-off bars)
• Roof rippers (Tear-off shovels)
• Tinners snips (Tin snips)
• Sheet metal pliers (Tinsmith pliers)
• Blow torches (Torches)
• Scales (Triangular scales)
• Hoists (Trolley track hoists)
• Trowels
• Sheet metal pliers (Two-handed edgers)
• Utility knives
• Welding masks (Welding hoods)
• Wood chisels
• Hatchets (Wood shingling hatchets)
• Pry bars (Wrecking bars)

Technologies Include:

• Analytical or scientific software

• Energy cost evaluation software
• Humidity and vapor drive calculation software
• Roof Calculator software
• Top View software

• Computer aided design CAD software

• AppliCad software
• ASR Software LWC-Plus
• ASR Software Taper-Plus
• ASR Software TopView LE
• ASR Software TopView ME
• DigiTools Roof CAD
• Ziatek RoofDraw

• Data base user interface and query software

• CADAFIS Roofing software
• Insight Direct ServiceCEO
• Roof Pro Estimate Software Roof Pro
• RoofLogic software
• Wintac Pro Software

• Project management software

• Maintenance record software

• Spreadsheet software

• Spreadsheet software

• Word processing software

• Word processing software

The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)