FEATURE | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
front lines of a job site - one for every 100 employees in the field. Considering that women make up 47% of all employed individuals, this means the construction industry is only benefitting from about 1.25% of women in the workforce, claims BigRentz, based in Irvine, CA. According to the online equipment rental company, there are several factors that explain this gender gap, from unconscious gender bias, to a lack of adequate training and negative perceptions of women working in construction. Yet, despite these barriers, women continue to build a path in the industry and a report by Randstad claims women in construction management roles increased by 9% in the UK between 2018 and 2020. As new construction industry jobs are expected to rise by almost 2 million in
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Thanks to an overwhelming response to our International Women’s Day feature in Hoist last year, we have chosen to celebrate those working in the industry again to honour this special event.
f all the people working in construction, women comprise only 10.9%. Even less is the number of women on the
2022, companies are looking to recruit more women than ever before to bring their skill sets into the field and many organizations are making efforts to promote more women into leadership positions,
and women working in the industry are inspiring younger generations to follow in their footsteps. Here at Hoist, we highlight some of the inspirational women making a difference in the workforce today. ●
SCOUT’S HONOR - ENCOURAGING NEXT-GENERATION APPRENTICESHIPS
Molly Wood (pictured) has been working for Ace Industries as an engineering manager and senior mechanical engineer for 17 years. “I was working for a DOD contractor in VA when my husband proposed. I was in VA, he was in GA. The stars aligned and I was lucky enough to snag an interview with Ace Industries. Working for a DOD contractor sounds glamorous, but it was really a lot of bolt calculations and reports. I’m pretty sure the things I designed were going to be built three years after I left. I enjoy the faster paced world of cranes, which allow me to work on many projects at the same time,” she said. hoist unit for our company. But I feel like my largest contribution to the crane industry was overseeing the new sections of CMAA (the Crane Manufacturers Association of America,
part of MHI, the US Material Handling Industry). CMAA Mechanical Engineering subcommittee cycle and the CMAA Mechanical Engineering subcommittee chairperson for the last three years, culminating in the addition of several compromises to get the ballots passed. “My biggest challenge was when Ace amazing how two companies that build the processes and ways of doing things. It took almost two years to make changes in the engineering and fabrication processes so that both shops utilized the same process.
The current supply chain issues has had us on our toes. It has given us opportunities for say I won’t mind when it settles back down. “In my spare time, I’m a volunteer STEM Trainer with Girl Scouts. It even has a Crane Engineering Badge at Junior Level. I’m now working to become a Merit Badge Counselor with Scouts BSA. I would love to lend my voice to encouraging students to consider skilled trades drafter, etc. There are many career paths that do The fabricators, electricians, and service technicians at Ace Industries are some of the best people I know. Their work ethic, skills, and the products they produce is unparalleled. They are a valuable commodity and we’re looking for
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