No matter how long you’ve been in the business, you owe it to yourself and to your customers to continually learn at the speed that our industry is growing. Technology has changed the quality and overall performance of today’s roofing systems. It has also changed the applications and methods of installation and proven long-term performance based designs.
What may have been known as common knowledge 15 years ago could quite possibly have been replaced with newer technologies and newer methods that give better long-term performance.
Here are a few other reasons why you should continually immerse yourself into trainings, whether it be manufacture-based or in field trainings with other contractors or product reps:
1. The human mind can only retain so much knowledge, without it being brought back to the forefront by daily use.
Things can easily become clouded or confused and we commonly think we recall something to a T, yet it could actually be somewhat different in reality. By attending regular trainings it allows things to be brought back to a more conscious level and builds off of repetition.
2. Technology and advancements have changed for the better by the way that products are applied, stored, used, disposed of and cleaned.
By attending trainings you will learn all of the methods that will make you a better steward of the industry and of our planet.
3. Consistently attending Industry trainings will bring you more profit by expanding horizons of your options and methods of delivering those options to your potential clients.
Take coating’s for an example: if all a contractor ever did on a metal roof was a TPO flute Fill layover and he comes in contact with a customer who does not have the budget for that system, a Fluid Applied system could be a very viable opportunity for that contractor to still make a sale and serve his client.
Also as stated before when you learn tips tricks or equipment that will speed up your install time while still delivering quality workmanship you lower your labor and increase your profits.
At the end of the day, attending trainings makes you a better contractor so reach out to your local rep, your manufacture, or to other contractors in your area and see which trainings they would recommend you attend and get registered for them as well.
Educated contractors make educated decisions.
Chad Hedrick, Roof Coating Life
“We Bleed White”