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This report gives consideration to the position of women process workers in the electronics industry, and discusses the central question of the construction of and values attached to women's skills. The chapters are as follows: Summary and recommendations (external training; inhouse training arrangements; ongoing skills development; costs of training; job classifications and pay arrangements; union issues); Part one, 'Employment opportunities for women': The framework; Women in manufacturing; Part two, 'Women in the electronics industry': Introduction; Project methodology; Electronics: an industry overview; The distribution of work: case study companies; Job classifications and payments; The acquisition of 'skills'; Changes in the organisation of the electronics manufacturing process; Conclusion.