For roofing contractors

Roofing safety training for a crew that changes every season

Falls kill more roofers than anything else, and most of the people who fall were on their first weeks with that crew. The training that would have stopped it was a five-minute talk that either didn't happen or happened in a language they only partly followed.

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In short: A roofing crew needs short, repeatable instruction on fall protection, ladder setup, roof access, material handling, heat, and hot work — delivered to every new hand in the language they read, before they go up. Record it once; every seasonal hire gets the same set. The record of who confirmed it is what you show when someone asks.

New hands are on the roof by the second day with a shouted walkthrough.
The harness is in the truck. The anchor was 'too much hassle for a small job'.
Half the crew reads Spanish, and the safety talk was in English.
A sign-in sheet is the only record, and nobody's sure who actually understood.

Where roofers get hurt

Falls from the roof edge, through skylights and openings, and from ladders. Heat illness on a black roof in July. Cuts and burns from materials and hot work. Every one of these has a routine that prevents most of it, and every one gets skipped when the crew is new and the job is 'quick'.

What to record first

Fall protection: harness inspection, tie-off, anchor placement, when it's required — your site's threshold, not a guess. Ladder to roof: angle, extension above the eave, tie-off. Roof access and edge awareness. Skylight and opening protection. Material handling on a pitch. Heat: water, shade, watching each other. Hot work: torch safety, fire watch.

Before they go up, in their language

A QR card on the truck or the ladder. Every hand scans it, picks their language once, reads the routine, confirms. Two minutes. The confirmation, with name and time, is your record. Add a photo of a correctly rigged anchor and it barely needs reading.

Seasonal crews and subs

Roofing crews rebuild every spring and lean on subs. Hand the sub's crew the same link. Now you have a record that this site's fall protection instruction reached them, in a language they read — instead of hoping their foreman said it.

Toolbox talks for roofers

Six roofing-specific talks on this site — fall protection on roofs, ladders to roofs, weather and heat, material handling at height, hot work, tools at height — in English and Spanish, printable, deliverable to the crew's phones.

How it works

Talk it in. Walk through the job out loud, in whatever language you think in.
Get a clear routine. Tiendo structures it into steps, safety notes and checkpoints, then translates it into your team's language — numbers and times kept exact.
Your team reads and confirms. Post a QR code or hand a new hire one link. They read it on their phone and tap "read and understood."

One routine, every language your team speaks: EspañolKreyòlTiếng ViệtالعربيةPolski中文

Questions operators ask

What safety training do roofers need?

Fall protection above all — harness use, tie-off, anchors, edge and opening protection — plus ladder setup, roof access, material handling on a pitch, heat illness prevention, and hot work safety where torches are used.

Does roofing safety training need to be in Spanish?

If your crew reads Spanish, yes. Safety training is expected to reach workers in a language they understand, and roofing crews are among the most Spanish-speaking in construction.

What's the leading cause of death in roofing?

Falls — from roof edges, through openings and skylights, and from ladders. Most are preventable with fall protection that was actually used.

How do I train seasonal roofing crews without repeating it every year?

Record each safety routine once and give every seasonal hire the same set on their phone in their language. The training exists independently of who's on the crew.

Does Tiendo replace OSHA 10 for roofers?

No. OSHA 10 is a certification and stays separate. Tiendo covers the site-specific instruction that certifications don't — your anchors, your ladders, your roof, this week.

Every hand, before they go up.

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