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Action needed to train and keep tilers
16:49 11 Jun 2003
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The Clay Roof Tile Council (CRTC) is urging the roofing industry to
recruit and retain more skilled tilers.
The rate of new roof tiling trainees completing their training has fallen sharply from 125 in 1988 to one in 1996, when the figures were last recorded. Coupled with an aging workforce, the CRTC is concerned that the industry could soon find itself with a significant lack of skilled tilers to carry out roofing projects to the accepted industry standard.
CRTC chairman Neil Tobin said: "It is essential that the industry recognises that this increasing shortage represents a serious problem and takes proactive steps to encourage more young people into apprenticeships before the problem reaches a critical stage. Roof tiling is a specialist trade, which requires technical and practical training."
The rate of new roof tiling trainees completing their training has fallen sharply from 125 in 1988 to one in 1996, when the figures were last recorded. Coupled with an aging workforce, the CRTC is concerned that the industry could soon find itself with a significant lack of skilled tilers to carry out roofing projects to the accepted industry standard.
CRTC chairman Neil Tobin said: "It is essential that the industry recognises that this increasing shortage represents a serious problem and takes proactive steps to encourage more young people into apprenticeships before the problem reaches a critical stage. Roof tiling is a specialist trade, which requires technical and practical training."
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