Women encouraged to be engineers
Source: Energy Live News
Women in the UK are being encouraged to choose engineering as their career options.
The ‘Women in Engineering’ campaign aims to give females the opportunity to discover more about the industry and the opportunities it offers to them.
It also helps find ways to encourage more women to select engineering courses at university.
Women from across the construction and engineering industry met on Tuesday (June 23) as part of a skills summit supporting Women in Engineering Day.
According to the Department of Transport, women make up only 18% of the rail workforce and around 4% of train drivers and railway engineers.
It is also estimated 22,000 qualified women have not returned to the engineering sector after a career or maternity break.
