Tradeswomen Careers: Electricians

Oregon Tradeswomen video featuring Inside and Low Voltage electricians in Portland, Oregon talking about their work. Go to www.tradeswomen.net for more info.
Videography by Dawn Jones

[@viviprice]

What I like about this film is that it captures the enthusiasm of the women about their work, and has excellent footage of them doing their jobs.

[@mercedessalles9258]

Love seeing the perspectives of these women in the trades! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. It is greatly appreciated by those of us who are serious about getting into the trades.

[@liamia579]

Thank you for posting this! I'm deciding what career I want to pursue and the trades are intriguing to me because they are hands on and well paid for the most part. It's frustrating to be regarded as "the second sex" so it's really inspiring to see women working and succeeding at a skilled profession that is overwhelmingly seen as a "man's job". These skills are so practical and I would love to become proficient in my own ability to build structures that will be used by people.

[@Bin95]

Great quality video. Break those stereotypes. You go girls.

[@Bin95]

Thanks for the +1 (thumbs up) Shannon Staudt

[@larryy6467]

Anyone can do any job. This is great proof!

[@jessbeautiful7283]

Thank you so much

[@mrsalam7118]

Nice work

[@loslosnimo023]

wear your safety glasses!

[@sallysue8176]

Relax

[@electriciandallastx9182]

Thanks for the thoughts you have shared here.

[@UncleFjester]

We need more women in the trades. I'll hire women any day over men

[@darkwaters1010]

Jeff Weissman , how come? Are you saying no man can do this job as good as any woman?

[@IntergalacticCherry]

Wizzle wrong.. u weirdo

[@patrickpettyjr.2487]

@Pancake Batter Everything you said came out of your ass, huh?

[@Ryan-hr9hw]

@Pancake Batter people in the trades dont care about that. We just want you to pull your weight, and you cant on bigger jobs. Stay low voltage.

[@matthewdacosta8630]

Have fun with that one

[@samuelt2072]

Excellent video. Obviously, there will have to be a change in the way some electrician jobs are described. Like "inside wire lineman"...

[@Ryan-hr9hw]

Get the fuck out of here with that. Woman I've seen on jobs only do low voltage and helper work in the field

[@matthewdacosta8630]

Fuck off with that bullshit. In My own experience, a woman couldn't produce the same amount of work as a guy have her size.

[@myougasimpson785]

Oooh a Lot of assh0les were offended by this comment 😅

[@AlexAtGuilford]

To address the claims of those who think women can't do this. It's not so much that women can't do it, as they never wanted to do, because they never had to; and thus never thought to. It's doable within a very narrow and limited scope, see the stats at 5:40 here, kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGqogWVsm5yVnNkm40s . Note that the highest numbers are in the easier, cleaner, less dangerous trade crafts with higher opportunities for indoor/sheltered work.

[@AlexAtGuilford]

@Rafael Acosta True. I did wonder, but not anymore. It's clear to me that equality of opportunity and choice under the law does not have to mean _sameness_ . That men and women are not the same is fine by me.

[@DavidBerquist334]

👍 good job

[@hardikvyas9949]

Bravo

[@Achemparathy]

Could you a follow on these women

[@garden_therapy_nj]

The pay is horrible. Overworked and very underpaid. So what state pays well?

[@drehernandez8081]

What state are u in? are you non union or union?

[@johnsmith6974]

@@drehernandez8081 lol it doesn't matter. You work union you get paid peanuts while waiting for your apprenticeship to end and finish school in 4 years. You go non union and you fight your boss daily to learn the trade and get paid peanuts for 4 years. Fuck the trades, call me when wages raise

[@drehernandez8081]

@@johnsmith6974 u know something better then?

[@KosmikGawdess]

@@drehernandez8081 none until you are journeyman/wOman. In ny your looking at about 56/hr

[@Ryan-hr9hw]

@@johnsmith6974 I'm in MO and made 137k in total benefits last year, 85k on check. As an electrician

[@marov8already130]

Get married have kids stay at home.

[@waltersobchak7275]

No man those ideals a long gone women are equal don’t believe them just ask one.

[@sallysue8176]

With who? Men?