Pink Ladies pilot takes off!
A group of women have been given a taste of the construction industry – thanks to the Pink Ladies Pilot Scheme.
They had the chance to try their hand at plumbing, plastering, tiling and carpentry.
Carmarthenshire County Council, the Carmarthenshire Construction Training Association, and Coleg Sir Gar joined forces to encourage young women to enter the construction industry.
The Pink Ladies Pilot Scheme was launched as part of the council and college’s new partnership with the Construction Youth Trust.
The CYT is a registered charity which acts to connect local communities with local construction employers. The aim of the organisation is to attract young people aged 16 to 30 into the construction industry.
Carmarthenshire County Council is investing £203m into the Carmarthenshire Homes Standard to refurbish its entire council housing stock and an important part of the project is creating employment for local people and training and encouraging young people, including young women, to take up jobs in the industry.
Weekly two-hour taster sessions were held at the college’s Ammanford campus by the Construction Youth Trust for a four to five week period giving the female students a chance to try out various construction techniques and skills.
They have since been presented with their certificates at a ceremony at the college.
The training sessions given in the two-hour taster sessions were modules from the Basic Craft Operative (BCO) Course thus enabling female students to enrol on this course following the taster sessions if they wish.
Sixteen-year-old Aimee Jones, of Waterloo Road, Penygroes, who is taking a three-year plumbing course at Coleg Sir Gar, joined Pink Ladies for a go at some of the other trades within the industry.
She said: “It has been great fun and I have been learning other skills of the trade.”
Bethan Davies, of Tirydail Road, Ammanford, is studying child care but has always been interested in DIY and carpentry.
Bethan, who is 28, said: “It’s an absolutely fantastic course. It will give girls a good base of experience to work out what they want to do in the future. I would consider going into the construction industry.”
Child care student 18-year-old Nicola Hancock, of Francis Terrace, Carmarthen, said: “I have been doing plastering. It is something I would like to take up. I had not thought of building before.”
The course was also a hit with 17-year-old child care student Emma Lloyd of Maescanner Road, Llanelli, who said: “I’ve really enjoyed the course and did not have a clue that women could go into construction. I like the plastering the best and would consider it.”
Coleg Sir Gar construction commercial leader Paul Evans said: "This has been a fantastic collaborative project which received a lot of interest when it was launched in September and I congratulate the ladies who signed-up for a taste of some of the construction trades available.
Mid and West Wales AM Joyce Watson, who launched the Women in Construction e-forum recently, said it was important for women to know that they could go into the construction industry and not been confined to what have traditionally been seen as women’s jobs.
Llanelli MP Nia Griffiths said: “It is important not only for young women to use their talents to the full but also as they move into jobs traditionally considered as young men’s jobs it will help to close the pay gap.”
Carmarthenshire County Council executive board member for housing and public protection Cllr Hugh Evans said: “The students who took part in the taster sessions have been presented with a certificate and Pink Ladies Toolbox for completing the course.
“I hope it has given them an insight into the construction industry and given them the taste to take up a full-time course.”
“We are all currently working together to discuss continuing and further developing the Pink Ladies project in Carmarthenshire."
See earlier post -
http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/pink-ladies-idea-for-carmarthenshire.html
They had the chance to try their hand at plumbing, plastering, tiling and carpentry.
Carmarthenshire County Council, the Carmarthenshire Construction Training Association, and Coleg Sir Gar joined forces to encourage young women to enter the construction industry.
The Pink Ladies Pilot Scheme was launched as part of the council and college’s new partnership with the Construction Youth Trust.
The CYT is a registered charity which acts to connect local communities with local construction employers. The aim of the organisation is to attract young people aged 16 to 30 into the construction industry.
Carmarthenshire County Council is investing £203m into the Carmarthenshire Homes Standard to refurbish its entire council housing stock and an important part of the project is creating employment for local people and training and encouraging young people, including young women, to take up jobs in the industry.
Weekly two-hour taster sessions were held at the college’s Ammanford campus by the Construction Youth Trust for a four to five week period giving the female students a chance to try out various construction techniques and skills.
They have since been presented with their certificates at a ceremony at the college.
The training sessions given in the two-hour taster sessions were modules from the Basic Craft Operative (BCO) Course thus enabling female students to enrol on this course following the taster sessions if they wish.
Sixteen-year-old Aimee Jones, of Waterloo Road, Penygroes, who is taking a three-year plumbing course at Coleg Sir Gar, joined Pink Ladies for a go at some of the other trades within the industry.
She said: “It has been great fun and I have been learning other skills of the trade.”
Bethan Davies, of Tirydail Road, Ammanford, is studying child care but has always been interested in DIY and carpentry.
Bethan, who is 28, said: “It’s an absolutely fantastic course. It will give girls a good base of experience to work out what they want to do in the future. I would consider going into the construction industry.”
Child care student 18-year-old Nicola Hancock, of Francis Terrace, Carmarthen, said: “I have been doing plastering. It is something I would like to take up. I had not thought of building before.”
The course was also a hit with 17-year-old child care student Emma Lloyd of Maescanner Road, Llanelli, who said: “I’ve really enjoyed the course and did not have a clue that women could go into construction. I like the plastering the best and would consider it.”
Coleg Sir Gar construction commercial leader Paul Evans said: "This has been a fantastic collaborative project which received a lot of interest when it was launched in September and I congratulate the ladies who signed-up for a taste of some of the construction trades available.
Mid and West Wales AM Joyce Watson, who launched the Women in Construction e-forum recently, said it was important for women to know that they could go into the construction industry and not been confined to what have traditionally been seen as women’s jobs.
Llanelli MP Nia Griffiths said: “It is important not only for young women to use their talents to the full but also as they move into jobs traditionally considered as young men’s jobs it will help to close the pay gap.”
Carmarthenshire County Council executive board member for housing and public protection Cllr Hugh Evans said: “The students who took part in the taster sessions have been presented with a certificate and Pink Ladies Toolbox for completing the course.
“I hope it has given them an insight into the construction industry and given them the taste to take up a full-time course.”
“We are all currently working together to discuss continuing and further developing the Pink Ladies project in Carmarthenshire."
See earlier post -
http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/pink-ladies-idea-for-carmarthenshire.html
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