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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

My company produces capitol equipment for industrial use. It's installed by tradesmen (plumbers and electricians). A couple times a year, I'm asked to go out and coordinate installation.

For 30 years those tradesmen have been 100% dudes. Since coming back from covid, about a year ago, there's been quite a few chicks. I don't have a problem with it. Just an observation. Any of you guys working trades noticed that? Was it gradual? Or all of a sudden in 2020?
The UA Steamfitters have had women in the trades for many years... Several I know retired and then went on to teach at our Apprenticeship schools... Excellent TIG hands as well as Orbital Welders and PVDF (George Fisher machines).... Those that did not weld were Steamfitters and their math skills were always ahead of the guy's..... But again, in all fairness, every person has a place. That was the Supervision's challenge to put the correct crafts person on the task they were best suited for...
 
The UA Steamfitters have had women in the trades for many years... Several I know retired and then went on to teach at our Apprenticeship schools... Excellent TIG hands as well as Orbital Welders and PVDF (George Fisher machines).... Those that did not weld were Steamfitters and their math skills were always ahead of the guy's..... But again, in all fairness, every person has a place. That was the Supervision's challenge to put the correct crafts person on the task they were best suited for...
The best welder where I worked on the Marine Base was a female. She had apprenticed at the Alameda Naval Shipyard at 17 and after it closed she relocated to 29 Palms for work. She later retired with 40 years of civil service time with all of it being as a welder.

That being said, the few female mechanics we had were lousy.


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