What is CARE? The Center For The Advancement Of Roofing Excellence

CARE is a not-for-profit roofing educational organization:

Founded in 1999 by GAF Materials Corporation, Building Materials Corporation Of America,
and sponsored by The INDY Racing League^®
CARE offers professional, non-biased educational programs to the roofing industry.
Over 20,000 professionals in the USA, Canada & Mexico have attended CARE courses

Here's what people are saying about CARE courses.

"If you get one thing out of these seminars that helps your business its worth the time & money, but I came out of this class with 5 or 6 new ideas!" – Neal Thomas (K & P Roofing)

I just wanted to thank you for the excellent training class you led for our Dallas/Ft. Worth Sales team... everyone on the team felt it was an excellent investment of their time and took things with them that would immediately impact their business... looking forward to our next CARE training session. – Richard Bilanceri (Horn Brothers Roofing)

The roofing system instructional class was excellent! Key installation Points you covered which are critical to a properly installed roof system. There was something each participant could learn.
Thank you! – Karen E. Petty John (Nationwide)

Why Take A CARE Course?

Roofing Can Be A Problematic Industry…

Roofing is consistently a top complaint category to the Better Business Bureau.
Architects estimate that 50-75% of their litigation comes from roofing.
Thousands of dollars are wasted in roofing annually.
In an NRCA study, "Roofer" was listed #248 out of 250 desirable occupations.
There is limited training available for roofing professionals.

CARE Is Committed To...

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1) Non- Biased Content…
   • CARE is not biased toward any single roofing technology.
   • All roof systems have strengths and weaknesses.
   • Courses focus on the information needed to make the right choices for individual owners, buildings, and 2) Avoiding Common Mistakes…
   • CARE courses focus first on how to avoid the most common mistakes made in roofing and roofing systems.
3) Not just "What" but "Why"…
   • Traditional training follows a "Do This" approach—never telling the student "Why" one way is better than another.

   • CARE courses always use the "What and Why" method of education for superior results and full understanding.

Who Takes CARE Courses?

Roofing Contractor Foremen and Installers: Professional technical training that count for your Certified Contractor CEU requirements.
Roofing Contractor Salespeople and Estimators: Professional selling, estimating and installation training. These also count toward your Certified Contractor CEU requirements.
Roofing Distributor Personnel:
Professional selling & hands-on technical knowledge.
Architects and Specifiers: Most common roofing specification mistakes and avoiding liabilities (AIA, CSI and RCI CEU’s are available for all CARE courses)
Property Managers and Owners:
How to avoid roofing problems (BOMI CPD points available)
Building Code Officials and Inspectors:
What’s new in roofing regarding codes; what are the most common installation problems.
Insurance Adjusters:
Ways to reduce roofing problems, systems that stand up to the toughest storms.

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Course Locations

(All courses available"On the Road" or at our "Regional Training Centers")

CARE Courses In Your Area
Most CARE courses are conducted at your local roofing distributor's location,
or at other convenient locations. To find out about local course locations and times,

Call 866-671-2273, or e-mail CARE@GAF.com.

CARE Courses at our Regional Training Centers

CARE courses are also held at our convenient regional training centers:

Walpole, Massachusetts…
Walpole is a short 45 minutes from both Boston MA. And Providence Rhode Island- you can fly Southwest Airlines to Providence.

Michigan City, Indiana…
Approximately 1.5 hours southeast of Chicago, convenient to South Bend IN. airport and Chicago’s Midway-you can fly Southwest Airlines through Midway

Tampa, Florida…
30 Minutes from Tampa International Airport, 10 Minutes off of Rt. 95

Dallas, Texas…
20 Minutes from Dallas Airport.

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