Female Electricians

[Han_av18]

Just come across this

The Press Association: Bid to recruit female electricians

to try and encourage more females to train as an electrician. I think this is great (as Im a woman) and I know another training provider did this a few years ago up north to encourage women in this sector. I do wish they do it in my area though as I would love to train as an electrician but can I get onto any apprenticeships? Nope! Im not saying the reason I dont get on to them because of my sex (its prob because Im not good enough lol) but Im glad to see companies trying to get women into the industry.

What do you qualified electricians think about women in the "male industry" and businesses trying to get more women involved?

 

[kathwilcox]

plumbers in the house may well have a problem, oh well i have a hammer, lol

will have to cut them a deal, they can have power, if i can have a toilet!

speak tomorrow

 

[BluSparx]

lol will do i will call over at some point the only cable you aint got with you is 6mm for cooker feed i forgot to give you it

 

[kathwilcox]

have some in the van anyway, but just remember i ain't superwoman! lol

 

[BluSparx]

don't worry about feeding that in tomorrow i'll do it on thursday, take your time do what you can we have keys till monday/tuesday when completed on the back of this due to your hard work this week already finish around 12noon on friday make it a nice easy half day but full day pay (how nice am I)

 

[DurhamSparky]

not get that from peachy kath!!! lol....

by way just bacs your latest pay in to account...! should show tomorrow or thursday!

ian sorry i missed your call...!

 

[BluSparx]

2nd thing won't get from peachy..... a bacs transfer

 

[DurhamSparky]

hahah!

 

[BluSparx]

did you get my message about being too expensive?

apparantly if I can't fix it there and then I shouldn't charge the callout charge even though the reason I can't fix it is a ZS on a cooker circuit consisting of BS1361 30A reading 1.17 way over the maximum 0.92. When explained off to board tightened etc still no change. Had a look around no bonding to any incoming services explained about the requirements of bonding and correct size earth (16mm incoming with a 6mm main earth) I was advised that as the word electrician should be changed to banker because we seem to be able to print money.

 

[DurhamSparky]

too many idiots in this world mate!

give us a call if you want mate!! night shift again!

 

[BluSparx]

battery flat and about to head to bed soon fella got a couple of little jobs in morning while kath makes a start on rewire

 

[DurhamSparky]

hahaha!! nee problems! might head to bed also!

 

[AMC]

Hey, just reading through this thread and the SWA comment made me smile Being a girl and having worked on many large sites doing temporaries for a few years I can honestly say I much prefer it to doing Domestic work, which I find very boring. Yes its bloody heavy work pulling in armoureds in the trenches to feed the site or cranes or in tower blocks of flats or even lugging 10KVa transformers up the stairs when the crane refuses to lift them. Glanding 185mm takes patience but its all possible! I think many people are surprised when they see me doing it, they often offer to help and will attempt to pick up the other side of the tranny to help walk it down the stairs, which is often more dangerous than good as they are simply not used to carrying that amount of weight! Lol

 

[fuzzydunlop]

It's not an issue imo, just needs the industry moving on.

My sister is into all this (women in work) and is one of the Financial Times 100 women in business

 

[Geordie Spark]

There were this lass once called rose .she didn`t look much but by god could she get through some ale and you wouldn`t argue with er n all give you a right old belt n all she could.........

I'd stick to sparking if I were you Glenn .......... you can't write a limmerick to save your life !!!!!

 

[Specialist]

Excellent thread, only ever worked with 2 Female Sparks. 1 was absolutely C**P but the other 1 by god she was a worker & had a brilliant sense of humour (had to workingwith us lot) If a woman wants to be a Spark & is willing to work then good luck to her. My Daughter has been out on site with me a few times & she's only too happy to go into attics etc, not too fussed on slurry pits though. But that's an aquired taste lol.