Female electrical line workers
The women who work in very challenging conditions to keep the electricity flowing.
Business Daily · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Electrical line workers work all kinds of hours in very challenging conditions to keep electricity flowing to our homes and businesses. It's traditionally been a very male occupation but that's changing as more women break into the industry.
We speak to Colombia’s first ever intake of female apprentice line workers about their intensive training experience, and Rosa Vasquez – one of the first women to do the job in Texas in 1978. Over in Kansas, Amy Fischbach, the Field Editor for T&D World magazine, is raising awareness of the trade in a podcast about women in line work. We also head to Pakistan where there are currently no women in this line of work, and head to Kansas hear from
Presenter / producer: Olivia Wilson Image: Apprentice line workers in Colombia; Credit: ISA