The female 'tradie': challenging employment perceptions in non-traditional trades for women

This paper outlines the results of research conducted with women enrolled at TAFE NSW's Illawarra Institute to train in manual trades traditionally dominated by males. The research is informed by the author's 14 years as a trade painter and decorator, and her experience as a trade teacher. 16 women from 10 trades (electrical, carpentry, bricklaying, plumbing, painting and decorating, signcraft, boiler-making, fitting and machining, automotive spraying and butchery) took part in the research, representing 34 per cent of the women training in non-traditional trades at Illawarra Institute. The fi ... Show more

Authors: Shewring, Fiona

Published: Adelaide, South Australia, NCVER, 2009

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 27 p.

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