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Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one
Being a woman in a welding and fabrication shop means finding workarounds for getting tasks done.
Under Howe’s tutelage, I’ve fabricated skis for the machines that make the rumble strips in the road, shepherd’s hooks for bird feeders, fence poles and stainless-steel lampshade frames. As I explore in my forthcoming book, “Learning Skilled Trades in the Workplace,” this is true even in a welcoming environment like Howe’s shop, where I work with a supportive and helpful boss and co-workers. The diamonds, called truss marks, indicate the correct spacing of engineered floor joists.Jo Mackiewicz My soon-to-be-published book doesn’t focus solely or even mostly on my experiences as a woman in a welding and fabrication shop.
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