"Give Girls a Go!" - Profiles

Profiles of young Modern Apprentice women and their employers

Young women from different areas of New Zealand talk openly about their experiences of Modern Apprenticeships and trades training. Their employers and others also speak about what motivated them to hire women as builders, joiners, glaziers, sign writers, electricians, motorcycle technicians and panel beaters.

 

Signwriting

Sign of the times - Brent Cullen and Ian Clarke

Falling for a stranger - Lauren Berry

Pointing them in the right direction - Willy Ransfield

If it makes them happy - Sandra Berry

Give Girls a Go - Melissa Watts

 

Building

Hammering out some ground rules - Nikki Kettle

My way or the highway - Mike Pryor

Building a career - Annette Maitland

Making a neat and tidy job of it - Richard Gibb

 

Joinery

A woman in the workshop - Paul Murray

A step ahead - Stuart Cowan

 

Motor

A need for speed - Samantha Rufus

Bike-minded - Tony Jury

Getting off to a roaring start - Maree Montgomery

A civilising influence - Grant Lewis

 

Electricity Supply / Electrotechnology

High powered woman - Tracey Johnson

Cranking up the supply - Alastair Borthwick

A life on the open road - Kushla Chapman

 

Glazing

Woman with windows - Hannah McDowell