Ladies as tradies: Southern women ditching office life for the rebuild

Mike Thorpe, Seven Sharp Reporter

• Source: Seven Sharp

Nearly one in five construction workers in Canterbury are women with many leaving their traditional jobs to re-train and take on the blokes. Source: Seven Sharp

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