In 2019, NRCA became a SkillsUSA Official Business Partner to increase the roofing industry’s outreach and footprint in the career and technical fields, to work towards establishing roofing as a core curriculum in schools and help NRCA members find skilled workers address workforce shortages.

SkillsUSA provides educational programs, events and competitions that support career and technical education in U.S. classrooms to ensure the U.S. has a skilled workforce.

NRCA partnered with NCCER in 2019 to update its standardized roofing curriculum and assessments to ensure the industry has a safe, productive and sustainable workforce of craft professionals.

NCCER is an education foundation that has the support of more than 125 construction CEOs and various association and academic leaders who have united to revolutionize training for the industry and who share a common goal of developing a safe and productive workforce.

ACTE is a national association representing more than 200,000 career and technical education professionals working to make a significant difference in students’ lives. ACTE provides educators with powerful resources, professional development and information to help them achieve their goals.

NRCA interacts with CTE schools and educators to actively promote roofing and plays an active role in ACTE’s Coalition for Workforce Development.

NRCA is in the early stages of its partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—Homeless Veterans Community Employment Services division. Through the efforts of 150 community employment coordinators nationwide, NRCA will work with the VA to reintegrate homeless veterans into society and connect them to career opportunities in roofing.

NRCA and NCCER salute veterans by providing resources to help create a seamless transition into the construction workforce. The Build Your Future (BYF) military initiative, Hard Hat Heroes, provides a way for veterans to receive NCCER credentials for the skills and training they received while in the service to transition to a career in the construction and roofing industries.

Through the use of AI/machine-learning technology, Oplign works with NRCA to provide additional workforce recruiting resources and educational tools to its members with regard to military and veteran hiring by aligning job applicants with opportunities in the roofing industry.

National Women in Roofing is a volunteer-based organization that supports and advances the careers of women roofing professionals. NWIR provides networking, mentoring, education and recruitment opportunities from the rooftop to the boardroom, for the young professional at the start of her career to the seasoned manager in the executive suite.