United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers

Want to join an elite membership of skilled craftsmen and women who are trained to be the best? Looking for a defined benefit pension? Excellent healthcare for you and your family? A generous annuity plan? If you answered “Yes”, then the WV Roofers & Water Proofers Union apprenticeship is right for you.

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More Than Excellent Wages

Our Apprentices Have An Opportunity To Build A Career In The Construction Trades

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Learn With The Best

Apprenticeship programs sponsored jointly by labor and management produce highly skilled workers who apply quality roofing and waterproofing systems. Apprentices learn through on-the-job training and technical studies at one of three WV Training Facilities in Charleston, Mineral Wells, or Wheeling.

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Earn While You Learn

Certified WV Roofers and Waterproofers are in high demand across the United States. As an apprentice with the United Union of Roofers you will develop industry skills while you earn top wages and enjoy excellent benefits, including: Competitive Wages, Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Health Insurance, CPR/First Aid, and 10-hour OSHA Construction Safety certifications.

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Unlock Your Future

Skilled Roofers install roofs on structures using a variety of materials, including shingles, slate, tile, hot tar, rubber, thermoplastics, and composites. In addition to working on commercial, industrial and residential roofing, union roofers also can specialize in waterproofing and damp-proofing. Join today and unlock your future in the construction trades today!

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Join A Brotherhood Of Skilled Craftsmen & Women

Skilled Roofers install roofs on structures using a variety of materials, including shingles, slate, tile, hot tar, rubber, thermoplastics, and composites. In addition to working on commercial, industrial and residential roofing, union roofers also can specialize in waterproofing and damp-proofing.

Waterproofing is a specialty aspect of the roofing trade but is no less important than a roof in protecting a building against moisture intrusion. Waterproofing can be below grade, which is usually foundation work. It can also be done on plaza decks, parking garage floors and other sections of a building where water or moisture protection is crucial. Materials used in waterproofing are generally of the same type used in roofing, although there are many specialty application materials that may be specified for this type of work.

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Our History

The International Slate and Tile Roofers Union of America was chartered by the American Federation of Labor on June 5, 1903. The International Brotherhood of Composition Roofers, Damp and Waterproof Workers received their AFL charter on Nov. 6, 1906. By 1978, the union had 28,000 members. It was during that year the union adopted its new name, the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, approved extensive revisions to the constitution and began a much-praised health and safety program.

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What We Do

Union Roofers and Waterproofers work on a variety of types of buildings, protecting those facilities against water intrusion and ultimate damage to the structure and its contents. Roofing in the commercial and industrial sector is generally of the built-up type or the single-ply category. In built-up roofing, layers or plies of felt are set in hot bitumen over insulation boards to form a waterproof membrane. An aggregate may be embedded in a final bitumen coat to protect the membrane from the ultraviolet radiation from the sun and other environmental hazards.

Work Anywhere In West Virginia

The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers has three locals serving all 55 counties in West Virginia. Their training facilities are in Wheeling, Mineral Wells and Charleston.

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