Combined Install & Repair Courses

COMBINED COURSE:

Introduction to Slate Roof Repair, Restoration, and Maintenance

AND

Introduction to Slate Roof Installation

Latest News: We have constructed a year-round, heated, air-conditioned classroom facility and are now able to offer classes during the winter months. 

Only 4 persons per class. 

$1500/Student for the 2 day course

Duration: Two days, approximately 9 hours each day, including break. Location: Western Pennsylvania, USA.   

These courses are taught by Joe Jenkins, author of the Slate Roof Bible and Executive Director of the Slate Roofing Contractors Association. It runs from about 9 am until about 6 pm with a 1-hour break between roughly 1 and 2 pm. Local restaurants and hotels are minutes away. Address: 143 Forest Ln. Grove City, PA 16127 (near Barkeyville, PA). GPS Joseph Jenkins Inc. 

About these 8-Hour Courses: This official Slate Roofing Contractors Association introductory hands-on course includes approximately 3 hours of classroom time and 5 hours of work on a roof mockup. It covers the installation and repair of slate roofs, restoration work on slate, and slate roof maintenance, including temporary and emergency repairs. Two SRCA "Certificates of Completion" will be provided to students who complete the courses.   

See list of course graduates.   

Tools: We supply tools for the course, but if you want to use your own, buy this basic tool set. We provide a slate hammer, slate ripper, slate cutter, aviation snips, sheet metal tongs, chalk line, and chalk. You should bring a tool belt, tape measure, a carpenter's pencil, and standard pliers.  

Course Handouts Included: SRCA Slate Roof Repair Training Manual (146 pages), Slate Roof Installation Training Manual (165 pages),  Slate Roof Bible, 3rd Edition (374 pages), Slate Roofs 1926 (130 pages).  

A supervisor, foreman, boss, etc., can sit in with the crew and audit the course at no extra charge. Persons auditing the course will not receive the course handouts, will not be able to conduct any hands-on training, nor will be eligible for a Certificate of Completion.

How to repair a slate roof.