Women apprentice mechanics
Women apprentices in the motor trade, engineering and related industries are “just around the corner," according to the Christchurch Technical Institute Council. Members of the council agreed last evening that the introduction of equal pay and the changes that had been made in the apprenticeship regulations would encourage many young women to take up trades once thought to be a male preserve. The main opposition to female apprentices would come from employers—who must be educated to accept a new type of recruit. Prejudice expected The Christchurch Technical Institute's liaison officers (Messrs J. Gavigan and M. Carrington) said that they received "substantial” numbers of inquiries each year from young women wishing to take up apprenticeships. "It will not be long before female apprentices are part and parcel of industry,” said the chairman of the technical institute council (Mr A. S. Farrar). "There will be a lot of prejudice to break down, but the change must come.”
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33381, 13 November 1973, Page 1
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158Women apprentice mechanics Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33381, 13 November 1973, Page 1
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