As a utility pole inspector, Krista Rockenbach loves that she’s always somewhere new.

To build a strong skilled trades workforce, girls must be introduced. Early.

To overcome workplace challenges, this craftswoman is learning to embrace her achievements, celebrate progress, and continue to challenge herself.

MyWIC is developing America’s next generation of female leaders by teaching them about the construction and skilled trades industry.

Now more than ever, it’s important that we teach girls that they, too, are allowed to get dirty, to work with their hands, to find value in seeing the finished project, and to be part of the construction industry.

The first time I made the decision to “take up space” on site, it was incredible how quickly the brothers around me listened.

Who would have known that Broadway would have prepared me for this?

Friendly reminder: Women are not more difficult to lead than men.

There is a dark side to the trades that women such as myself sometimes feel compelled to hide.

Michelle Beckhorn, second year apprentice with Local 1556, is the first woman to pass both underwater diving certifications.

With five years in the industry and a diploma in Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning under her belt, Laura Grant says the rewards of working in the skilled trades are priceless.

ANEW (A Non-Traditional Employment for Women) is a 12-week program that teaches basic trade skills such as tool use, material handling, math, fitness, and presentation skills.

Today, Ruth Gill is one of four women who have completed the refrigeration apprenticeship in Dublin, Ireland.

For five years, Josephine Hollandbeck lived alone in a converted bus, trying to make ends meet. Then she discovered the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

The mission of the KickAss team is to authentically connect with and encourage young women and men to follow career paths that offer economic security, practical knowledge and lifelong skills.

As the construction industry has become global, women who work in the industry need a global platform.

A male perspective on how the future of our economy depends on women getting into trades.

Why pick one trade when you do as many as possible?

A licensed 313a refrigeration mechanic and gas fitter 1 Journeyperson, Brandi Ferenc represents one of less than 50 women working this trade in Ontario.