Meet the team: NFRC UK Pitched Roofing IFD team

By Megan Poole, National Federation of Roofing Contractors. 

These are the young roofers that are representing the UK at the IFD World Championship UK Team! 

The IFD World Championship of Young Roofers is a competition hosted by the International Federation of the Roofing Trade (IDF). The goal of this competition is to bring young professionals in training from around the world together. This helps improve the larger trade industry by raising awareness of the importance of the skilled trades, strengthen overall vocational training programs and highlight the advantages of working as a professional roofer. Each participating country sends a team of young roofers to participate. Two team members will go on to participate in their preferred discipline, selecting from: Roofing, waterproofing, industrial/metal roofing and facades. These young roofers are chosen from a national professional organization and may not be older than 28 years old in the competition year. 

For the UK, the professional organization sending these young roofers is the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC). The process of selection for the team started with an open call for applicants. Then, in June, they shortlisted five individuals to participate in a practical skills competition in July at The Centre of Roofing Excellence, Hereford. 

The five finalists were:  

• Jordan Condren from Hodgson Sayers 
• Tyler Norris from Karl Terry Roofing Contractors 
• Bradley Hodges from Richard Soan 
• Adam Humphries from Moulton Roofing  
• Joe Gallagher from I H Gallagher Roofing 

This group competed to be part of the IFD UK Team to represent the UK in this international roofing competition. After that competition, which tasked the roofers with building a laced plane tile valley, two representatives were picked. This was determined by an analysis of their skills, teamwork, health & safety and their ability to absorb information. It was an incredibly tough competition and hard to call for the judges, but in the end Joe and Tyler were chosen to represent the UK at this year’s IFD!  

Original article source: National Federation of Roofing Contractors