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The Technical Vocational Education Division in Papua New Guinea formulated its corporate plan, spanning the years 1999 to 2003, with the aim of improving the technical, managerial and entrepreneurial skills of its human resources by shifting its focus from a supply-driven to a demand-driven education with greater emphasis on competency-based training (CBT) in some trades. As part of their strategic goal, the Technical Vocational Education Division seeks to encourage greater participation of women in a wide range of skills training. This paper: highlights the barriers that adversely affect female enrolment in trade courses; provides suggestions to encourage and increase female participation in trade courses; compares the number of female graduates in certain trade courses during the years 1990, 1995 and 1999; highlights the difficulties encountered and how they can be overcome; and, presents some graduates of courses and their profiles.