Advice for education and training providers
How to support women’s participation and equity in manufacturing education and training.
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Key considerations
Key considerations to support women’s participation and equity in manufacturing education and training include:
- Incentives for women to access education and training opportunities - consider ways to remove financial barriers that prevent women from participating, such as low wages for apprentices and up-front costs of purchasing tools, particularly for mature-aged apprentices.
- Training environments that support the needs of a diverse range of women - for example, programs that are designed with people with caring responsibilities in mind to encourage more women to take part.
- Opportunities for women to reskill, upskill and transition into the industry - help women with transferrable skills from different industries to enter manufacturing.
- Present manufacturing subjects in an appealing way - rethink how manufacturing subjects are presented in schools to make them more appealing, promoting the industry as a place that offers safe and interesting opportunities for women to thrive.
- Safe spaces for girls and women to try non-traditional subjects - because of deeply held gender stereotypes, girls and young women often don’t have the same casual exposure to trades and hands-on skills as boys when growing up. This makes a safe learning and working environment critical for girls and women.
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Updated 27 November 2024
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