Apprenticeship

Consultation response in relation to the APPRENTICESHIP ACTION PLAN 2021-2025 This document is the response of Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) to the Government of Ireland’s Consultation Paper regarding its proposed Apprenticeship Action Plan. Credit:Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) Date: 2020 View

Negotiating gender in the male-dominated skilled trades: a systematic literature review

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Negotiating gender in the male-dominated skilled trades: a systematic literature review ABSTRACT: Occupations in the skilled trades are highly segregated with women comprising 1–3% of this workforce in Western nations. We report on a systematic review of 26 articles, from 1998 to 2019, which explored women’s recruitment and retention in the skilled trades. Two research […]

Inequality regimes in male-dominated trades: What role do apprenticeship intermediaries (GTOs) play?

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Inequality regimes in male-dominated trades: What role do apprenticeship intermediaries (GTOs) play? Abstract: In Australia and internationally, women continue to be underrepresented in male- dominated trade occupations. A notable barrier is the apprenticeship system, which requires women to overcome obstacles in employment and training. Government and industry stakeholders have encouraged women’s apprenticeships in male-dominated trades […]

Women who ‘talk the tools’ and ‘walk the work’: Using capital to do gender differently and re-gender the skilled trades

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Women who ‘talk the tools’ and ‘walk the work’: Using capital to do gender differently and re-gender the skilled trades Abstract: Social and cultural capital are valuable assets that assist individuals to succeed in work. This article reports on gender segregation in the skilled trades. We use Bourdieu’s theory of capital to illuminate how women […]

Apprenticeship Ratio – Contributing Factors in the Gap Between Demand & Skilled Labour

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Apprenticeship Ratio – Contributing Factors in the Gap Between Demand & Skilled Labour One-page white paper on the contributing factors in the apprenticeship ratio gap between demand & skilled labour across Canada. Credit: Canadian Apprenticeship Forum written by Caitlin Hartigan Date: 2022 For more information on this resource click here. View

BC Centre for Women in the Trades – Resource Page

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BC Centre for Women in the Trades – Resource Page BCCWITT has created a resource page to support the advancement of equity, inclusion, respect, and safety in the skilled trades. Credit: BCCWITT View

Video – Women in Construction

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Video – Women in Construction Julie Kulinski, Program Director for the Moore Community House Women in Construction Program, speaks about how going into the trades was not a message she was given when she was growing up in Mississippi, where women were trained for traditionally female jobs or outside the workforce altogether. She recounts how […]

Video – Women in Trades in New Zealand

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Video – Women in Trades in New Zealand This video is a feature story from New Zealand about a number of young women in the trades who feel supported knowing that they have female colleagues in the trades and that there is a support system set up for them during their training. Credit: Ara New […]

Video – Women in the Trades by Women Building

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Video – Women in the Trades by Women Building The faces in the building trades are changing and now women are an important part of the workforce. In this video, you will meet women from almost every craft, see what they do and why they love their career in the construction industry. Credit: Women Building […]

Video – Women Investigating the Trades

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Video – Women Investigating the Trades In this very encouraging video, female students and instructors explain why they were drawn to explore careers in what have typically been male-dominated fields. They explain the obstacles they had to overcome, how they persevered, and how much they enjoy their chosen trade. Instructors also explain how they help […]

Tag: Apprenticeship

Consultation response in relation to the APPRENTICESHIP ACTION PLAN 2021-2025

Negotiating gender in the male-dominated skilled trades: a systematic literature review

Inequality regimes in male-dominated trades: What role do apprenticeship intermediaries (GTOs) play?

Women who ‘talk the tools’ and ‘walk the work’: Using capital to do gender differently and re-gender the skilled trades

Apprenticeship Ratio – Contributing Factors in the Gap Between Demand & Skilled Labour

BC Centre for Women in the Trades – Resource Page

Video – Women in Construction

Video – Women in Trades in New Zealand

Video – Women in the Trades by Women Building

Video – Women Investigating the Trades

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