Female construction students topping out in class

Female construction students at New College Lanarkshire, are beating the boys in the Construction Pre Apprentice course.

Females are topping out in the Construction Pre Apprentice course, with five out of only six females currently on the course at New College Lanarkshire, appearing in the top 15 students on the taster course for a career in the industry.

Wishaw student Kait Finnan, aged 19, has notched up 100% from all her tutors during the training programme, above all of the 90-plus trainees.

The programme runs throughout the year, and covers painting and decorating, plumbing, joinery, technical drawing, brick and block-laying and health & safety.

Antonia Collins, 18 from Holytown, Dainah Smith, 18 from Hamilton, Shannon Docherty, 16 from Wishaw and Sophie McRobie, 17 from Lanark, followed closely in the top 15 fellow students.

Kait, a former pupil of Clyde Valley High School, said: “I think I put 110% into tasks, and have a good work ethic. I’m also fairly critical of myself, so I always look for ways to improve my standard of work. Perhaps the lecturers have noticed this, and that’s maybe helped with my ranking.

“It’s great that the other girls have done so well. Feminism is really important to me, and with so many of us doing so well I feel like we really are showing that women are just as capable as men, if not more.”

Kait says that painting and decorating is her favourite topic, and recommends the course.

At the beginning of May, Kait will be among the 60-plus students who are heading out for a six week placement with firms and businesses. She will be working in the technical department of the Bothwell Branch of international weather and water protection firm Seal Eco, where she will study building design, and visit sites.

Martyn Campbell, Curriculum and Quality Leader in Construction, said: “Kait has done magnificently well to achieve this status in her own right but for a young woman to have done so in this sector is little bit more special.

“These students have proved that females are more than capable and hopefully many more apply for the courses we are currently recruiting for.”

 

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