b'LABOURLABOUR PAINS Employment and recruitment issues affecting the roofing industry across CanadaBy/par James PetersPNURIE DE MAIN-DUVRELes entrepreneurs en couverture ont du malrecruterThe following article is the first of a two-part feature on the issues surrounding the ongoing labour shortage in the roofing industry, as well as possible actions or remedies to combat them.Cet article inaugure une srie de deux traitant de la pnurie chronique de travailleurs dans notre secteur, ainsi que des stratgies envisageables pour y remdier.F ew would deny that labour shortages are affecting virtu- I l est indniable que la pnurie de main-duvre touche ally every industry across Canada. According to a StatisticspresquetouslesdomainesdactivitauCanada.Un Canada report from last year, the unemployment-to-job- rapport de Statistique Canada, paru lan dernier, indique un vacancy ratio reached a historical low, and theres no sign of thattaux dinoccupation de postes sans prcdent et sans signe trend changing anytime soon. The roofing industry in particularderenversementimminent.Lindustriedelatoiturenest isnt immune from these challenges.pas pargne. Clark Roofing (1964) Ltd. originated in Saskatoon but alsoClark Roofing (1964) Ltd., originaire de Saskatoon, possde operates locations in Regina, Yorkton and Prince Albert. Ownergalement des tablissementsRegina, Yorkton et Prince (andCRCAPresident)LindsayPochynukscareerpathisntAlbert. Lindsay Pochynuk, propritaire et prsident de lACEC, atypical from many in roofing, having started in the businessa suivi un parcours professionnel courant dans le secteur de right out of high school. He first worked for his fathers companylatoiture.Aprslcolesecondaire,ilarejointlentreprise with sheet metal work, then hands-on roofing, and eventuallyfamiliale, se consacrant dabordla tlerie puisla toiture. Il a gravitated to the office, where he acquired accounting, estimatingensuite intgr les bureaux o il a dvelopp ses comptences and project management skills.en comptabilit, estimation et gestion de projet. My brother and I are co-owners of the businesswe purchased Mon frre et moi dtenons lentreprise ensemble depuis the company from my father in 2021, whos still involved as aque nous lavons reprisenotre pre en 2021, raconte M. consultant, Pochynuk says. Anyone in our industry know itsPochynuk. Papa reste impliqu en tant que consultant. Dans always been tough to attract people into roofing. We used tonotre domaine, tout le monde saitquel point il est ardu dat-do local programs at high schools a decade ago, and even thentirer de nouveaux talents vers le mtier de couvreur. Il y a dix 18 ROOFING CANADA FALL/WINTER 2023'