By Cara Cardonni, CertainTeed.
I came to the industry late due to a career change. I used to train horses, but my friends were roofers and were always looking for help and I thought I’d try. I knew how to speak Spanish, drive a tractor and wasn’t afraid to get dirty.
I started at the bottom. Now, I am an owner/operator of a small company KNM Construction LLC in Edgerton, Kansas.
“As an installer, I love the ease of installation with CertainTeed. As an owner, I sleep well knowing we did our level best and also have great product on our owner’s homes.”
When we are done and we’ve had a really hard project and we step back and look and say, “We did that.” It’s not something everybody can do.
Get educated about the craft. Take advantage of continuing education opportunities. It doesn’t matter how shiny the truck a salesman drives, our industry survives on the back of our installers – at the root of it all, is the installation.
“It doesn’t matter how shiny the truck a salesman drives, our industry survives on the back of our installers.”
No idea. All I know is we need some laborers. If we don’t get some skilled tradespeople I’m not sure how we will survive.
Its training. Its enjoying what you do and being honest with your customers.
Put shop [class]back in school! That’s where kids discover they are handy. Everyone’s pushing for a degree. Trades – you can start entry level and work your way all the way up. It’s not less than, it’s a great living for a family.
Thanks, Michele!
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