Slate Roof Repair Course

Introduction to Slate Roof Repair, Restoration, and Maintenance

Latest News: We are constructing a year-round, heated, air-conditioned classroom facility and will soon be able to offer classes during the winter months. Completion is expected in spring 2024. 

Only 4 persons per class. Class is not initiated until the enrollment is full. Call to schedule (814-786-9085).

Duration: Approximately 9 hours, including break. Location: Western Pennsylvania, USA.   

This course is 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 this 8-Hour Course: This official Slate Roofing Contractors Association introductory hands-on course includes approximately four hours of classroom time and four hours of work on a roof mockup. It covers the repair of slate roofs, restoration work on slate, and slate roof maintenance, including temporary and emergency repairs. An SRCA "Certificate of Completion" will be provided to students who complete the course.   

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 Bible, 3rd Edition (374 pages), Slate Roofs 1926 (130 pages).  

If you register for both courses, you will be discounted $100 since you won't need a second copy of the Slate Roof Bible and Slate Roofs 1926. 

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.