A roofing contractor in my area posted this wild text and it bears review. Although similar in name, PLEASE REMEMBER IT IS NOT ME!!!

\”No other Roofing Contractor in Northern California inspects more roofs, solves more roof leak problems, repairs more roofs, or issues roof certification on more homes than ROOF DOCTORS. Roof repairs on your home are professionally performed by our license-quality repairmen who must exceed our rigorous roof-repair-quality standards before they are allowed to work on your roof. ROOF DOCTORS never uses any untrained, inexperienced, or unsupervised laborers, nor any apprentice or journeyman roofers to work on the roof of your home which is the common practice among other roofing companies.\”

Now as far back as I can remember, my Dad and my Uncles all spoke of journeymen card holders with the deepest respect. As I grew up, I learned that it was actually easier to become a licensed contractor than a journeyman tradesman. At any rate, being a contractor and operations manager, whenever I was lucky enough to run across an actual journeyman roofer I hired them instantly because they are so rare and valuable.

But don’t take my word for it.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

In modern apprenticeship systems, a journeyman is a man who has a tradesman certificate that required completion of an apprenticeship. In many countries this is the highest formal rank (that of master having been eliminated) and allows them to perform all the tasks of the trade within the area where they are certified, to supervise apprentices and to become self-employed.

In the United States, employment in the building trades, such as an electrician or plumber or carpenter, usually requires that a person holds a state or local (city or county) license as a journeyman or master. The journeyman license certifies that the craftsman has met the requirements of time in the field (usually a minimum of 8000 hours) and time in an approved classroom setting (usually 700 hours). A journeyman has the responsibility of supervising workers of lesser experience and training them, in addition to having the qualifications (knowledge and skills) to work unsupervised himself. A journeyman is commonly expected to have a wide range of experience, covering most fields of his trade. For example, a non journeyman worker of some 20 or 30 years experience may have most or all of his experience in only residential, commercial or industrial applications. A journeyman however, has a broad field of experience in residential, commercial, and industrial applications.

And so for these reasons, I do not understand the pride the above individual seems to take in not using any journeyman people.

The only logical explanation would have to be that he does not know what the term means.

While we are on the subject of terminology, what exactly is a “license-quality repairman”? If this is not a made up classification , It would be truly surprising, but even more so where do all of these people come from? This would mean that this self proclaimed corporate giant has an endless supply of people that could have a contractor’s license if they wanted but would rather work for him. Another truly surprising condition.

That sure seems like a lot to swallow from a three sentance paragraph.

What do you think?

\”Ron Williams at Roof Doctor is the most knowledgeable roofing expert I have met in my twenty years of design and construction management. His trained eye and experience were absolutely invaluable to me when I managed the reroof of three schools during the summer of 2005. Since then I have relied on Ron\’s advice for troubleshooting and managing a variety of roofing projects.\”

Rick Kramer, AIA.

Coming from a family of roofers, with two brothers, one a Sacramento roofing contractor, one a San Jose roofer, his father, and uncle all roofing contractors, Ron has developed a broad spectrum of roofing experience.
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Author Bio: \”Ron Williams at Roof Doctor is the most knowledgeable roofing expert I have met in my twenty years of design and construction management. His trained eye and experience were absolutely invaluable to me when I managed the reroof of three schools during the summer of 2005. Since then I have relied on Ron\’s advice for troubleshooting and managing a variety of roofing projects.\”

Rick Kramer, AIA.

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