A career in the skilled trades is incredibly rewarding, with family-supporting wages and ample opportunities for apprenticeship, training and advancement. But the skilled trades – construction – can also be dangerous. In fact, construction is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous sectors in which to work: WorkSafeBC data shows that construction is responsible for 1 in 7 injury, illness and fatality claims.

But there are also those in the industry trying to make it safer.
With a focus on women in the trades, we are joined by two such folks:

Tanya Steele, from the Safety Debris podcast, and Lindsay Kearns, outreach co-ordinator for the BC Centre for Women in the Trades. Both women are pioneers in the industry.

Tanya has 24 years as an occupational first aid and safety co-ordinator, and is a sought-after industry expert, instructor and award-winning leader.

Lindsay is a Red Seal electrician who journeys between academia and the trades with roles on the board of Camosun College and the diversity and inclusion committee of the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, among many other pursuits.

Host Sarina Hanschke is a director of Build TogetHER with the Laborers International Union of North America, Local 1611. A former traffic control person, Sarina is a longtime advocate for roadside worker safety and training.
 
Additional links:
BC Centre for Women in the Trades: https://bccwitt.ca/
Safety Debris podcast: https://www.tanyasteele.ca/safety-debris-podcast/
 
Produced by: One Movement Podcasts