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Career in construction? More women enter the trades

Career in construction? More women enter the trades 8 May, 2021 10:00 PM 4 minutes to read More women are choosing a career in construction. Photo / Getty Images More Bay women are choosing a career in construction. Old school attitudes in a traditionally male-dominated industry are being pushed aside as more women switch jobs for a career in the trades. The number of female apprentices has doubled at BCITO, one of the country s largest construction trade apprenticeship providers. Suzanne Brotherton grew up around building sites. The Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology associate dean of carpentry, construction, engineering and electrical used to run a family business in construction and removals.

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Rise of the tradies: Record numbers sign up as apprentices

Rise of the tradies: Record numbers sign up as apprentices 25 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation students on a tour in Havelock North. Photo / Paul Taylor Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation students on a tour in Havelock North. Photo / Paul Taylor More school leavers are training to become builders, electricians and plumbers: apprenticeships in traditional trades have nearly doubled in the past year. Data from the Ministry of Education shows the number of new apprentices under the age of 18 jumped from 460 in the six months from August 2019 to 810 for the same period in 2020. This is supported by Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) data for enrolments in tertiary and vocational study that shows a 17.6 per cent increase from December 2019 to December 2020. The total numbers went from 45,155 in 2019 and 57,035 in 2020.

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Women tradies say they re dealing with barriers including sexist comments, toilet access

The McLennan housing development in Papakura. Photo: RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson They say big changes are needed if the industry wants to attract more of them to a sector that is struggling to fill jobs. Now an industry survey, run by the Women in Trades Collective is asking employers and women about the barriers that need to come down. Kat Kaiwai has been in the construction industry for 12 years and is now a managing director at Tairāwhiti Contractors. She started in admin and has tried her hand at just about everything including holding the Stop/Go sign at roadworks, driving heavy machinery and project management.

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A necessity, it s not a luxury : Women tradies say they re dealing with barriers including toilet access, sexist comments

A necessity, it s not a luxury : Women tradies say they re dealing with barriers including toilet access, sexist comments
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Post Covid-19 lockdown, thousands of people flock to join the construction industry

PIERS FULLER/Stuff Samantha Buck of Inspire decorating company in Masterton said they took on an extra two apprentices thanks to the Apprentice Boost scheme. Samantha Buck, of Masterton-based decorating company Inspire, said schemes such as TTAF and Apprentice Boost helped them decide to take on more apprentices. “This time last year we were talking about whether we would be having to make redundancies with Covid.” Buck said finding skilled labour was a big issue before the pandemic as trades trainees were not coming through from secondary school. “Now being able to nab them and confidently say we can support you through your apprenticeship has been massive for us. It meant that we took on another two apprentices on top of the ones we already had.”

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