Recently, Brad and Sam addressed the dangers of the sun and skin cancer to tradespeople and they were joined on the show by Geoff Smith, from The Roofing Outlaw.

Now that the temperatures are rising and the sun is out there shining, tradespeople may not think about these things while they are on the job, but health and safety doesn't just stop with harnesses and high visibility vests.

Health and safety is also about protecting yourself from the UV elements and skin cancer.

Smith said: “Quite a few of my mates have died of skin cancer. They were all roofers and my mentor who told me my job died of skin cancer last year off a little scab on his head, and he escalated from there. And the operations he had on his head didn't work. And eventually he succumbed to the skin cancer. A horrible disease.”

According to Smith, he is using his Facebook page to highlight and warn others in industry on the dangers of skin cancer and every day shares a photo.

“I'm having problems with Facebook though, because some of them are a bit too graphic. On the preventative side, obviously, you're going to go with the obvious.

You're gonna say wear your skin cream and sun cream, and whatever else goggles, wear it. I wear sunglasses pretty much all the time because, am slowly going blind through the stuff that I've used.

“Everything in roofing has got a reflective value to protect the roof from the sun. It doesn't protect the user or, you know, the health and safety instructions are clear enough.”

Smith explained that he recently shared a picture of a guy of a good looking job and before he died, he ended up with skin cancer from the bridge of his nose, and, the operation was so severe they cut away pretty much the front of his forehead and nose.

“The thing is, people need to be told about it. I think it's going to help a few people to go out there now and buy a bit of sun cream and apply it on all parts exposed to the sun while on the job.”