Even after a federal budget boost, Australia won’t have enough skilled tradespeople to work on existing homes – let alone build the new homes being promised.
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Many women in the skilled trades are turning to online communities for mentorship, advice, and support to help them stay in the field.
For women in the trades to have safer workplaces, the work of preventing gender-based violence must start long before anyone steps onto a job site.
Jean Reith Schroedel’s 1985 book captured the struggles and triumphs of tradeswomen. Forty years later, its lessons remain urgent.
As labour shortages deepen across sectors, the disconnect between formal education and real-world job requirements is becoming harder to ignore.
Labor’s proposal should help address some skills shortages in the sector. But it will be a long time before the benefits flow through to housing.
Fixing productivity in home construction will require a coordinated approach between government, home-owners, construction companies and their employees.
Being a woman in a welding and fabrication shop means finding workarounds for getting tasks done.
Canada is facing a critical shortage of skilled tradespeople, only doomed to get worse with retirement rates. Our only hope is to attract more workers before it’s too late.
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