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Women In Construction Trades - Construction jobs for womenBY: Ms Royce | Category: Women | Post Date: 2008-06-20
The female working in the blue collard world is not a pretty picture, but was one of necessity. When money is tight disparity runs high. A construction job posed no difficulty to obtain and it was the fastest way to a paycheck. Not to mention I loved the weekly pay. And so my career as an Electrician begins. Very few females worked in the Electrical field, as I was a novelty in progress. From the construction boots, T-shirt wearing, tool belt carrying (while carrying an 8ft ladder), and wearing that good ole hard-hat, I hung in there with the rest of them. The alcoholics, the borderline drug addicts, to the illegal aliens and lets not forget the convicted felons. Having worked in the Commercial and Residential industries, there were certainly more differences than my just being a female. So what right does this industry which borders on discrimination have against women. The cat calls, the flirting, all of it is just plain harassment. Yet and still I had bills to pay, so I ignored it as best I could. My life as an Electrician began back in June of 2001. Bright eyed and full of hope, I was eager to learn the trade. This is where discrimination is prevalent. You see, in order to learn the trade, your Journeyman had to be willing to teach to what he knows. You were his apprentice and in a perfect world that's the simple way to learn. But my experience was much different. The journeyman I often had to work with reluctantly showed me anything. They often believed that a woman's place is in the home. Cooking, cleaning, baking cookies and what not. I guess some men don't realize it's the 20th century. Nevertheless, being a Electrician was quite an experience. From Journeyman to Journeyman, from contractor to contractor, slowly but surely I was able to learn the art of creating electrical circuits. Although I had to work harder at learning the trade, every so often I would get teamed up with a Journeyman that actually wanted to teach me the skill. From digging trenches to laying pipe to driving a BobCat to running wire and "getting er done" roughing in a house or a commercial facility is no easy task. It is very physical when you have to Carry a 30 pound drill with a 2 ft drill bit or 10 ft long pipe in bundles of ten. I was not a female to be reckoned with. It's funny how the patronizing stares and cat calls stopped when I had that big drill in my hands. Although I am no longer working as an Electrician, I can honestly say it was an experience of a lifetime. When I walk into a house or a warehouse type facility such as Wal-mart, I immediately look at the electrical aspects of a building and think to myself, wow, I know how they did that. My tool belt was my pride. Article Source: http://www.saching.com About Author / Additional Info: My name is Royce. I would like the opportunity to network with you if possible. I don't claim to be an internet guru, I just try many things after I do my due diligence. I am focused on building my classified ads site at: http://www.royceclassifiedads.com One of my goals for 2008 is to help others to understand the advantages/disadvantages of free advertising vs. paid advertising. In summary consider this. After all you get what you paid for. Additional Articles: * Success of an Interview * Enjoy Motherhood - By Nishu * Criminality Society and Identity - Author: Rakesh Neelakandan * Weight loss - 5 easy exercises to lose weight fast * Branding and Marketing of Indian Movies Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (0 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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