female engineers

DOT COTTON · 30-08-2014, 22:54

are there any female engineers out there...just curious. had a few sherrys tonight.

DOtty x

Pierre · 31-08-2014, 07:17

The are a few in VM, not nearly enough though.

raging bull · 31-08-2014, 08:01

Couple in Leeds that I'm aware of.

dilli-theclaw · 31-08-2014, 08:05

When I had vm here in sandy before the installation team were female.

rhyds · 31-08-2014, 08:58

I'd say the number of Female engineers in all utilities is pretty dire, especially out here in rural areas. Are there really so few women interested in technology and practical skills? Or is something else putting them off?

djfunkdup · 31-08-2014, 23:49

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Originally Posted by rhyds

Or is something else putting them off?

Maybe it's all the hovering.dusting and dish washing they do so they don't really have the time for ' stuff ' like that ?

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judgey · 01-09-2014, 22:22

at our depot in Notts there is 1 young lady.

Stuart · 02-09-2014, 11:22

We've had female engineers from time to time at work, but we actually have trouble recruiting them from what I understand. We currently have none, as our management chose to shrink our engineering team rather than replace the last one that left. It's a shame, as we deal with a lot of women users, who do (in some cases) seem to feel a lot more comfortable dealing with a woman than a man.

We do (from time to time) have female tech support staff who are part timers though. They seem to be a lot easier to recruit.

I work in IT, and I genuinely don't understand why more women don't enter the Computing industry. I know quite a few women who are in the industry or training to be in various computing related industries. Most of whom are as capable as, if not more capable than, their male colleagues. I even know one Polish woman who is 6ft tall, blonde, stunning and as a programmer, can out code most of the men I know, me included (and I am a good programmer).

**Chris** · 02-09-2014, 11:50

rhyds · 02-09-2014, 11:52

I can only imagine that the reasons are similar to those in sectors such as nursing and primary school teaching, which are overwhelmingly female.

I believe my dad's team at Welsh Water (fixing treatment works etc.) have a female member now, and she's just as good as anyone else, but due to being one of the first is involved in a lot of Welsh Water's publicity.

Is there an easy way to reach a sensible balance in industry? Probably not. What's needed is research to find out why so many girls don't take IT/engineering career paths, and why so many boys don't go in for primary education/nursing.