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Trade Jobs Are for Women: Empowering the Next Generation of Women in the Trades

Female trades worker, technician.

Women represent a small share of the skilled workforce (roughly 4%). However, that is up from essentially zero in the 1970s. The number of women stepping into plumbing, electrical, and HVACcareers is growing and will only continue to grow.

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