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Read career information about women in Automotive and Welding Technology
Listed below are recent articles that describe women’s experiences in the Automotive Technology occupation. Don’t forget to also read our Women’s Success Stories and Career Information Articles for both more career information and to see what it’s like to be a woman in this job. You’ll also want to look at the Women in Automotive and Welding Technology Associations and the Women in Technology links to get a complete picture.
Auto Repair Needs More Women
by JIM MACPHERSON
Auto repair is a great industry for women to enter. Find out what qualifications women can bring to the automotive repair industry and how to go about landing a job in auto repair.
Monster.com Career Advice
For the six women who manage and run a Sarasota County lube shop, it's ...Oil in a day's work (PDF)
by CAROL E. LEE
Carolyn Taylor, Tracey Palmquist, Susan Jeletic and Nita Silva run an all-women's lube shop. Find out how they run it, what people's responses are, and get tips for working in a shop.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 6/8/2006, pg BS1.
More Women, Girls Feel at Home Under the Hood (PDF)
by RASHEDA WILLIAMS
Women and girls across the country are breaking gender barriers in the automotive industry by not only learning about auto maintenance, but actually becoming automobile service and repair technicians.
The Detroit News, 7/17/2000.
Woman shifts gears and careers in life / Anderson picks grease guns over veterinary school
by CHARLIE BIER
Lucy Anderson decided to learn how cars work when she thought she may have been scammed after taking her car into the dealership. Since then, she has been taking automotive technology classes and plans to open up her own dealership in the future.
Houston Chronicle, 2/9/2006.
Women wrench, weld ways to success
by JANIS MARA
An article about the Automotive and Welding programs at Las Positas College.
Tri-Valley Herald, 5/21/2008.
Behind the Mask: Nanette Samanich
by MARY RUTH JOHNSEN
Opportunities abound for women in welding. Nanette Samanich went from practicing welding in her kitchen to starting a welding business with her husband.
Welding Journal; 2003
College Opens Doors for Female Welders
by BOB IRVING
Find out why a welding community in and around Portland, OR decided to recruit a new source of skilled welders: women.
Welding Journal; 200
CV Businessman To Teach Women Welding Class (PDF)
by EMMA KRASOV
Learn about how Las Positas College instructor Scott Miner is trying to get more women into welding.
Castro Valley Forum, 4/29/2008.
Forging a new career
by STEVE MAYES
The story of a single mother forging a new career as a welder.
The Oregonian, 8/26/2004, pg 9.
Office worker now champion welder: Curiosity leads her into a new career
by JULIE SPOHN
An award at a welding competition was the start of a new career for a woman who used to work in human resources.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/12/2007, pg S-8.
Women Who Weld
Skilled technicians are in high demand and different programs are attracting more and more women to fill that employment gap. Find out why welding is a great fit for women.
Penton’s Welding Magazine; November 29, 200
Welding Offers Women New Career Opportunities
by ADRIENNE ZALKIND and MARTHA BAKER
The numbers of female welders are growing. Find out where to look for welding work and read some women’s success stories.
The American Welder; October 2007
Women wrench, weld ways to success
by JANIS MARA
An article about the Automotive and Welding programs at Las Positas College.
Tri-Valley Herald, 5/21/2008.
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