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Construction Leadworker Employment Contract UK

Define specialist forming and installation of sheet lead, balancing weathertight detailing, thermal movement, heritage fabric and strict hygiene controls.

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This contract includes Form and install approved sheet-lead roofs, gutters, flashings and details. Check substrate, falls, outlets, sheet code and bay dimensions. Construct joints, clips, fixings and weathering to the specified method. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers

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When to use this contract

Deliver weathertight leadwork with correct bays and joints, neat formed details, and protected completed work.

Workplace context: Construction sites, project offices, client sites and approved work locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering leadwork competence. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering lead hygiene. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering roof access. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering material security and recycling. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering site rules.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The leadworker may form approved details but may not alter drainage, historic fabric or sheet specification without authorised design direction. May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

What to prepare before you issue it

  • the roofing, gutter, flashing and heritage leadwork covered
  • the sites, travel, weather and access expectations
  • the leadwork, lifting and work-at-height competence required
  • the tools, hygiene facilities, PPE and lifting aids provided
  • the material, bay, detail and completion records required
  • the authority for sheet code, outlets, falls and historic changes

Day-to-day operating brief

What Leadworker work looks like in practice

A leadworker forms and installs sheet lead to roofs, gutters, flashings and heritage details while managing expansion, weathering and lead exposure. Terms should address specialist workmanship, manual handling, hygiene, work at height and protection of finished surfaces.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

  • Form and install approved sheet-lead roofs, gutters, flashings and details.
  • Check substrate, falls, outlets, sheet code and bay dimensions.
  • Construct joints, clips, fixings and weathering to the specified method.
  • Coordinate safe lifting and roof access for heavy lead sheets.
  • Maintain lead hygiene and secure material and offcut control.
  • Protect finished work and record details, levels, sources and photographs.

A realistic working scenario

An existing gutter has insufficient fall and altered outlets would affect historic stonework. The leadworker records levels and seeks roofing and conservation direction before fabrication.

Outputs to agree

  • weathertight leadwork with correct bays and joints
  • neat formed details
  • protected completed work

Records and evidence

  • Detail and code of lead.
  • Substrate and level check.
  • Material and offcut control.
  • Completion photographs.
  • Work records.
  • Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Senior Manager, Director or Business Owner. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

  • The leadworker may form approved details but may not alter drainage, historic fabric or sheet specification without authorised design direction.
  • May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

  • Form and install approved sheet-lead roofs, gutters, flashings and details.
  • Coordinate safe lifting and roof access for heavy lead sheets.
  • Maintain lead hygiene and secure material and offcut control.

Tools and systems

  • Site records.
  • Project systems.
  • Risk assessment records.

Workplace context

  • Construction sites, project offices, client sites and approved work locations.

Training and certification

  • Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

  • leadwork competence
  • lead hygiene
  • roof access
  • material security and recycling

Information the employer should prepare

  • the roofing, gutter, flashing and heritage leadwork covered
  • the sites, travel, weather and access expectations
  • the leadwork, lifting and work-at-height competence required
  • the tools, hygiene facilities, PPE and lifting aids provided
  • the material, bay, detail and completion records required
  • the authority for sheet code, outlets, falls and historic changes

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Work setting

Construction sites, project offices, client sites and approved work locations.

Primary duties

  • Form and install approved sheet-lead roofs, gutters, flashings and details.
  • Check substrate, falls, outlets, sheet code and bay dimensions.
  • Construct joints, clips, fixings and weathering to the specified method.
  • Coordinate safe lifting and roof access for heavy lead sheets.

Tools and training to confirm

  • Site records.
  • Project systems.
  • Risk assessment records.
  • Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Governance focus

HSE context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering leadwork competence. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering lead hygiene. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering roof access.

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Leadworker duties

Deliver weathertight leadwork with correct bays and joints, neat formed details, and protected completed work.

Form and install approved sheet-lead roofs, gutters, flashings and details. Check substrate, falls, outlets, sheet code and bay dimensions. Construct joints, clips, fixings and weathering to the specified method. Coordinate safe lifting and roof access for heavy lead sheets. Maintain lead hygiene and secure material and offcut control.

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The leadworker may form approved details but may not alter drainage, historic fabric or sheet specification without authorised design direction.

May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering leadwork competence.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering lead hygiene.

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Frequently asked questions

Can longer lead bays reduce the number of joints?

Only if the approved detail accommodates thermal movement; otherwise the change risks splitting or distortion.

How should lead offcuts be handled?

Keep them secure, control contamination and follow the employer's recorded recycling or disposal process.

Can a Leadworker change the code of lead onsite?

Only after the responsible designer checks weight, support, forming, movement, durability and the approved detail and records the substitution.

Who approves an additional gutter outlet?

The roofing and drainage design authority should confirm capacity, falls, historic interfaces and downstream connection before fabrication changes.

How should lead hygiene be managed?

Provide handwashing, suitable work clothing and storage, contamination controls and rules preventing eating, drinking or smoking before cleaning exposed hands.

May lead offcuts be taken away personally?

No unless an express recorded employer process authorises it; material and scrap should remain secure, weighed or tracked and recycled through approved routes.

What if existing roof levels do not provide the designed fall?

Record measurements and seek an authorised substrate, outlet or detail decision rather than fabricating leadwork that traps water.

How should completed leadwork be protected?

Use the specified temporary coverings and access controls, preventing foot traffic, staining and incompatible materials until inspection and handover.

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