Early training brings best results

'GIVE a girl a power drill and she will use it wisely. If she's under the age of 12, it may even lead to a career, says Fiona Shewring, a researcher, TAFE lecturer and tradeswoman based in the Illawarra.

But Ms Shewring, the founder of Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen (SALT), a network for women wanting to work in male-dominated trades, says these figures could be lifted significantly if do-it-yourself dads encouraged their primary-school-age daughters to tinker in the shed the same way their sons are usually encouraged.'

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