January 29, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
By Cayden Wemple.
Becoming a member of an affiliation helps you keep away from being “on the skin at all times wanting in” on the trade.
Within the newest episode of Roofing Street Journeys, Heidi J. Ellsworth met with Justin Shirley, CEO and president of Achten’s High quality Roofing and president of the Roofing Contractors Affiliation of Washington (RCAW). Heidi sat down with Justin to debate the upcoming RCAW tradeshow in addition to the significance of roofing contractors becoming a member of their state associations.
Being on the skin and searching in isn’t any option to construct up your repute in any trade. Becoming a member of your native roofing affiliation means that you can get entangled within the roofing group and offers nice networking alternatives. It is also a good way to realize intel on the most recent information and improvements within the trade. Justin remembers his time earlier than becoming a member of RCAW as “hindering.” He advised Heidi,
“Strolling right into a provider or being in a gaggle of roofing contractors, I at all times felt like an outsider. I did not know what was occurring. When a brand new shingle got here out, I used to be most likely the final one to know as a result of it lastly rolled in by means of the doorways of no matter provider I used to be shopping for from.”
Justin additionally advised Heidi that becoming a member of an affiliation like RCAW “strengthens the trade.” Every time he advised folks what he did for a dwelling folks would say, “Oh, I really feel sorry for you,” and he’d reply, “No, you do not perceive. Roofing has fed my household, has made me the person who I’m, has made me the skilled that I’m, has bolstered my life. I’d by no means flip round. I haven’t got any regrets.”
Having a group of people who find themselves simply as passionate concerning the trade as you might be really enlivens it. Every time he talks to contractors who usually are not concerned in an affiliation, he shares with them that each one the solutions are within the affiliation and encourages them to “positively come to a commerce present.”
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About Cayden
Cayden is a reporter for RoofersCoffeeShop, MetalCoffeeShop and AskARoofer. When he isn’t writing about roofs, he’s normally enjoying guitar or writing songs for his musical endeavors.