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Female engineer to open exhibition
Clare Roberts, the winner of the Young Female Engineer of the Year award has been invited to open The UK National Engineering Recruitment Exhibition.
Clare Roberts, the winner of the Young Female Engineer of the Year award has been invited to open The National Engineering Recruitment Exhibition (NER) on 10th May 2002 at Wembley Conference and Exhibition Centre at 10.45am The opening address will highlight the urgent need to tackle the recruitment crisis facing the UK engineering industry especially female recruits, in addition to emphasising the important role that engineering plays in the UK economy
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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NER is the UK's premier recruitment event for all aspects of the engineering industry.
Roberts received her award for Young Woman Engineer of The Year due to her enthusiasm for engineering and for her rapid progression from a clerical role to a full Design Engineer.
As part of Roberts's role, she has the responsibility to promote engineering, particularly raising the profile of engineering as a career choice for women.
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Roberts developed an interest in engineering relatively late in her career.
At the age of 24 working as a clerical assistant and with no formal technical training, Roberts successfully persuaded the CEO of Yorkshire Electricity to support her re-entry into education.
Roberts is the first non-graduate ever to complete the Yorkshire Electricity graduate scheme.
Now, having completed an ONC and HNC in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Roberts has firmly established herself within Yorkshire Electricity.
In the UK engineering industry it is estimated that a mere 19% of the workforce are qualified female engineers.
Speculation indicates that this is due to poor industry image and stereotypes of engineering as dull in comparison to newer service industries.
Roberts commented, "What I particularly love about engineering is the fact that every day brings a new challenge.
I am honoured to join forces with NER in calling all women interested in engineering to come and enjoy the rare opportunity to meet potential employers face to face and find out what each individual company has on offer.
Engineering is a challenging and exciting career and I would urge anyone with an interest in finding out more about engineering careers to come along to the exhibition".
Key exhibitors at the National Engineering Recruitment Exhibition include: BAE Systems, Balfour Beatty Rail, Alstom Transport Service, BOC Edwards, Carillion Rail, National Air Traffic Services, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Teacher Training Agency, T Mobile, The Technology Partnership, TRW Aeronautical System and Vodafone UK.
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