For the recent Women in Engineering Day, British Gas Business hosted an event featuring a number of female experts. One of the key topics discussed was engineering apprenticeships, and specifically what women can expect when they start out in the engineering industry.
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For several past years (indeed whenever I become sufficiently concerned and see such re-broadcast) I have contacted both British Gas and their advertising agency: pointing out that both continue to confuse Engineers with technicians and fitters. Result? No change whatsoever. To see the same mis-use of words, and function/activities/training/ education by Claire Miles (Domestic Gas manager for British Gas) portrayed in a video of a conference apparently designed to encourage girls into Engineering…merely confirms just how far we are from any realistic change in attitude, approach, status…
Laughable.
Mike B