Winslow continues to be a supportive environment for women in civil construction with a growing number joining our on-site teams.
Winslow’s North region recently hosted a tour of a work site for a group of young women from the Girls Can Too program who are interested in careers in civil construction.
Group training organisation Squad, like Winslow, is passionate about breaking the mold and helping young women get into trades that are non-traditional for women.
Squad works with schools and young people in the community to help get them job-ready and lined up in a career path that is right for them.
“We assist these young women in getting into work experience to try their hands at different roles and we also make sure we are working with local businesses, such as Winslow, that support this type of initiative and are willing to view female employment in trades from a modern perspective,” said Squad Talent and Workforce Partner Kyle Breust.
“With Training Services NSW, we have helped design the Girls Can Too program to assist with showing young women a variety of different trades and industries with hopes they may one day enter the workforce into their desired trade path.
“We also arrange industry site tours and work experience, so the girls get more and more exposure.”
A group of enthusiastic young women in the program were shown around the Wodonga site last week by Site Engineer Ben Jackson.
“They got a brief run down on what happens on a civil construction site and a rundown of what the new housing estate they are currently working on will look like,” Kyle said.
“The girls got to have a look inside three different machines – an excavator, a grader and a roller – and also got to witness a truck and dog in action spreading material for the pavement build.
“The girls really enjoyed having a look around site and they all wish they could have operated some of the machinery.”
This was the third site visit of the 10-week program, to expose young women to a variety of non-traditional trades.