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From the editor Strengths are the


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Strengths are the key, not weaknesses


oday is a happy day for me. After two years of training and a weekend of assessment I have my full race rescue licence. Why do I mention


eekend of assessment I have my full race rescue licence. Why do I men Because one of the th


industry is that women are just n ot physically strong enough to do the job. I’ve always thought it odd that people think ‘the job’ is all about physical strength when I’ve thought it required knowledge and skill, but that aside, it’s just not true.


Because one of the things that is put to me over and over again in this industry is that women are just not physically strong enough to do the job. I’ve always thought it odd that people think ‘the job’ is all about physical strength when I’ve thought it required knowledge and skill, but that aside, it’s just not true.


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There may be limitationsan d I certainly acknowledge that while I can use a 19kg combi tool generally, when it involves cutting something at head heightl I need help. But some of the men I work with have limitations too – it’s not their fault they’re short after all, or that they have sausage fingers that can’t t into a small space.


things that require the height of physical strength, but that does not mean that they are weak andf


feeble.


My point is that some people may not have the physical strength to do the things that require the height of physical strength, but that does not mean that they are weak and feeble.


e people may not have the physical str rength to do the


There may be limitations and I certainly acknowledge that while I can use a 19kg combi tool generally, when it involves cutting something at head height Ineed help. But some of the men I work with have limitations too – it’snot their fault they’re short after all, or that they have sausage fi ngers that can’t fi t into a small space. My point is that some


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Another trainee, who at the weekend was also weilding these 19kg tools to cut up a car, is a good deal shorter and slighter than me, and looks like a small breeze would knock her over. And yet, she was determined an therefore also passed her assessement.


Another trainee, who at the weekend was also weilding these 19kg tools to cut up a car, is a good deal shorter and slighter than me, and looks like a small breeze would knock her over. And yet, she was determined and eff ective and therefore also passed her assessement.


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It’s a shame that so many still judge a book by it’s cover and it’s high time that we considered people’s strengths instead of their weaknesses.


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It’s a shame that so many still judge a book by it’s cover and it’s high time that we considered people’s strengths instead of their weaknesses.


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