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I’m lucky enough that my current job involves a bit of both…

I also have to install and deploy a lot of computer hardware and telecommunications equipment as well as just process data and figures

I do think that in this country people who can do manual work (including stuff like electronics construction/assembly) are undervalued (despite what may seem as high costs for their work) although trades/manufacturing may seem like good pay and interesting work it can be a feast or famine business

one day you are doing 12 hours days and then a week later there is sod all and people are laid off short-term contracts or even made redundant.

also if the company you work for is managed badly or supplier chains let you down you just end up outside with a bunch of people who do your head in (as you are seen by the customer as responsible for all the problems…)

just saw on the register (IT news site) that BT want more women engineers

might be worth a try triix? (unfortunately BT still haven’t put out the recruitment ads yet but Ofcom are leaning on them to do so as BT is actually short of engineers)

You need perfect colour vision and I expect a driving license but TBH I don’t think you need loads of qualifications so might be worth a try…

the company which should be recruiting is actually called Openreach. It is still part of BT but has to be seperate from the other BT businessesn as it also provides repair and infrastructure services for other telephone providers.

they have always been accepted in farming but it may be certain defined roles. I think dairy farming and poultry keeping are common ones.

In the electronics industry (particularly in wiring and assembly) women are actually preferred in some jobs; they tend to be neater and have higher concentration spans when dealing with more repetitive work (which would be handy for BT and is probably why BT wants these female engineers)

I’ve noticed in Eastern cultures there is less prejudice (although it still exists) about women doing technical jobs…

There are loads of Asian female IT workers, engineers, builders etc both in their native countries, in the USA, and in British ethnic communities.

In my last job many of the Asian women there did their own DIY and computer maintenance, or equally shared the work in these jobs with their partners. One lad and his wife (both devout Muslims) single-handedly built an entire house extenstion between the two of them!

TBH I reckon the gender prejudice against doing “tech jobs” may even be confined mostly to England; the Scots ladies on here seem perfectly happy to do these jobs!