Women Who Are Changing the Role For Women

28 February 2007

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It’s International Women’s Day soon (March 8th) and FemaleFirst have decided to celebrate women who are actively selecting careers and life paths which widen and enlighten the role of females today, breaking barriers and stereotypes.

A number of women in engineering have recently swapped their heels for hardhats! These women climb up poles and go down manholes, servicing and maintaining the UK’s broadband network cables. They are strong women who, in effect, help to ‘run the country’.

There are so many women out there who do amazing work in so many capacities but we tend to forget the fantastic women behind the scenes, the unsung heroes, who do crucial and sometimes unglamorous jobs.

Some ladies have chosen telecoms engineering, and elected to do vocational training instead of academic. They don’t feel they have to stick to the expected ‘normal’ jobs. They are comfortable doing hands-on work, getting their hands dirty and making a real difference in an otherwise male-dominated industry; but they never forget the importance of looking great, and remaining girlie-girls who take care of themselves.

Openreach, the UK’s provider of telecoms networks employ 25,000 engineers and are very keen to attract more women to the role.

FemaleFirst were able to speak to Dave Walsh, Head of BT Apprenticeships to discover more about the opportunities available for ladies thinking about their career future.

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