Certified Applicator Program
Build a more skilled, consistent, and professional workforce. The Certified Applicator Program helps ensure your crews understand how to properly install systems, reduce costly mistakes, and deliver reliable results on every project.
Invest in the long-term success of your crews.
A skilled workforce is the foundation of every successful roofing business. The Certified Applicator Program recognizes the expertise and professionalism of American WeatherStar Approved Contractors and their employees while promoting continued training and development. By certifying your roofers, you demonstrate a commitment to quality workmanship, professional growth, and long-term success.
Company Benefits
Build a more skilled workforce, improve installation consistency across crews, reduce costly application errors, and strengthen your company’s reputation with factory-trained, certified applicators.
Employee Benefits
Gain valuable product and system expertise, build confidence in the field, earn professional recognition, and stand out as a factory-trained American WeatherStar Certified Applicator.
Certified Applicator Requirements
Actively Employed
To become a Certified Applicator, you must be actively employed by an American WeatherStar Approved Contractor.
Completed Application
Complete the online application for review by American WeatherStar. Click here to start the application process.
Project Experience
Applicants must have participated in a minimum of three American WeatherStar roof restoration projects.
FAST Training
Applicants must have attended at least one 2-day or 1-day FAST Training Course to be eligible. Click here to register for upcoming courses.
Certified Applicator Exam
Once the application is submitted, applicants will receive a link to the online exam. A passing score of 80% or higher is required to qualify for the Certified Applicator Program.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions about the Certified Applicator Program? Learn how certification works, what’s required to become certified, how long the process takes, and how the program helps contractors improve workmanship, application knowledge, and overall jobsite performance.
There are many benefits to the Certified Applicator Program. For starters, it helps increase client confidence by ensuring your workers have the knowledge and skillset needed to complete the job correctly. Additional benefits include improved workmanship and efficiency, enhanced system application and product knowledge, increased profitability and performance, and more.
No. There is no fee associated with the Certified Applicator Program.
If a Certified Applicator leaves your company to work for another American WeatherStar Approved Contractor, he/she must be recertified through the new Approved Contractor to remain recognized as a Certified Applicator.
Yes. Certified Applicators must attend at least one FAST Training Course (1-day or 2-day) every two years to maintain certification.
The exam consists of more than 65 questions and typically takes between 30 and 60 minutes to complete, depending on the applicant’s experience level.
Applicants must correctly answer at least 80% of the exam questions in order to pass.
There is no limit to the number of times an applicant may retake the exam. If you do not pass, simply refresh the page to begin again.
Once the application and exam have been completed, please allow three to five business days for the review process. Applicants will be notified by email once accepted into the program. A certification card will then be mailed to the address provided shortly afterward.