As all of us know by now, the roofing industry is facing a severe shortage of skilled roofing labor that’s only increasing with each day that goes by. For the fifth-consecutive year, both commercial and residential roofing contractors indicated that ‘finding qualified workers’ was their chief concern and by far biggest issue impacting the industry, according to Roofing Contractor’s annual State of the Industry Report and Survey.
Despite the concern, overall, our industry, is behind the 8-ball on solving this potentially disastrous problem when compared to other trades in North America.