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Your roofing business powered by Owens Corning
YOUR ROOFING BUSINESS POWERED BY OWENS CORNING
With Owens Corning University (OCU), your roofing business is empowered by world-class training for your entire team. From in-person training events with OCU Live! to on-demand courses, help enhance your skills and stay ahead of the competition. Discover everything you need under one umbrella to support nearly every aspect of your roofing business.
TOTAL TRAINING FOR THE
TOTAL CONTRACTOR
At Owens Corning, we are committed to the success of your roofing business. That's why we've developed a comprehensive learning and resource center to support our contractor network members with training and education. Our learning content is designed to equip your team with the skills and expertise you need to thrive in the roofing industry.
BOOST YOUR ROOFING BUSINESS WITH
NEW HOMEOWNER BRAND CAMPAIGN TOOLS
Homeowners look for credibility when choosing a contractor. Our Homeowner Brand widgets helps you showcase that trust directly on your website — reinforcing your expertise and the quality you deliver.
To access the widget materials, complete a brief OCU training. This ensures you have the knowledge and resources to integrate the tools seamlessly and present your business at its best. Once added, your site signals confidence and professionalism to every homeowner who visits.
Take the next step toward building stronger connections.
With Virtual Reality (VR) training, users train like they’re on the roof without ever leaving the ground.
IN-PERSON TRAINING EVENTS
Fall schedule Now Available!
Our OCU Live! in-person events are tailored to provide roofing contractors with valuable hands-on experience, opportunities to connect with industry experts, and strategies to help enhance business growth.
FEBRUARY
OCU LIVE! EVENTS
Our Owens Corning Expert Consultants and Speakers bring unmatched value to your business you won't find anywhere else!
POWER HOUR WEBINARS
Our OCU Power Hour Webinars offer invaluable insights and training, covering a wide range of industry-relevant topics to keep you ahead of the competition. Learn from experts about key business data indicators, maximizing insurance claim value, and much more. These webinars are designed to provide practical knowledge and continuous learning opportunities, ensuring your business thrives in a competitive market.
Are insurance carriers lowballing roof claims with partial approvals? Learn how to flip the script in this exclusive webinar with Drew Suttle, Co-Founder of TotalScope.
Discover proven strategies top contractors use to turn repair approvals into full roof replacements by mastering documentation, disputing overlooked damage, and leveraging tools like discontinued shingles, manufacturer letters, code compliance, and sample testing. Whether you're new to insurance work or a seasoned pro, you'll gain the insights and language needed to help secure more full approvals and confidently challenge carrier pushback.
Want more free time? Join roofing veteran Ken Kelly in this powerful webinar on “Knowing Your Numbers,” where you'll learn how to stop running your business on gut instinct and start using real-time financial data to drive decisions. Discover how to build and use daily scorecards, flash reports, and financial statements to track performance, help boost efficiency, and add up identify ways to help add more profit to your bottom line. Topics include KPIs, break-even analysis, budgeting, compensation systems, and more—giving you the tools big companies use to grow.
Conozca las normas actuales relativas a la clasificación errónea de los trabajadores, incluidos los problemas con los vendedores independientes y la mano de obra subcontratada. Los asistentes recibirán una lista de comprobación para subcontratistas, así como disposiciones que deben incluirse en los subcontratos para ayudar en la defensa contra la clasificación errónea.
Join Owens Corning Roofing’s Jon Gardner and CDS Roofing Recruiting Services’ Chris Serignese as they talk about recruiting sales positions in the roofing industry and how it has changed over the years.
This presentation will discuss the current rules regarding worker misclassification including issues with independent salespeople and subcontractor labor. Attendees will receive a subcontractor checklist as well as provisions to include in subcontracts to assist in misclassification defense.
OCU ON DEMAND
Unlock the full potential of your roofing business with OCU On Demand. Our comprehensive learning platform offers flexible, high-quality training resources that can be accessed anytime, anywhere. Whether you're looking to improve your roofing installation techniques, business management skills, or customer service strategies, Owens Corning University On Demand has you covered.
Flexible learning paths covering all the roofing essentials, from warranty and product, to sales and marketing, and beyond. Complete at your own pace, anywhere, anytime.
Fast, on-the-go training in 10 minutes or less on a range of topics, from roofing design to identifying business opportunities.
Our videos series offer engaging content in short form for a variety of topics related to Owens Corning Roofing.
Quality Training, in Spanish Too!
Our commitment to the total contractor means supporting the diverse needs of today's roofing industry. That's why we offer a variety of training content available in Spanish. Whether you're looking to enhance your technical expertise or improve your business management skills, our Spanish-language resources ensure you have access to the best training and education available.
TAKING DISTRIBUTOR TRAINING
TO THE NEXT LEVEL
The Distributor Academy is a user-friendly portfolio of training tools developed exclusively for professional roofing distributors – like you – to help grow your own knowledge and as a go-to resource to help you level-up your customer’s knowledge too.
